AACC American Association of Community Colleges aacc.nche.edu
AACTE American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education aacte.org
AAC&U Association of American Colleges and Universities aacu.org
AASCU American Association of State Colleges and Universities aascu.org
AASHE Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education aashe.org
AAU Association of American Universities aau.edu
ACC NETWORK Adult College Completion Network adultcollegecompletion.org
ACE American Council on Education acenet.edu
ACT (college admission testing program) act.org
ACUTA Association of College & University Telecommunications Administrators acuta.org
AED Academy for Educational Development aed.org
AEI American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research aei.org
AERA American Educational Research Association aera.net
AGB Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges agb.org
  Ingram Center for Public Trusteeship and Governance agb.org/ingram-center-public-trusteeship-and-governance
AIHEC American Indian Higher Education Consortium aihec.org
AIHEPS Alliance for International Higher Education Policy Studies nyu.edu/steinhardt/iesp/aiheps/
AIR Association for Institutional Research airweb.org
APLU Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (formerly NASULGC) www.aplu.org
ASPIRA (an association to empower Latino youth) aspira.org
ASHE Association for the Study of Higher Education ashe.ws
CAE Council for Aid to Education cae.org
CAEL Council for Adult and Experiential Learning www.cael.org/
CASE Council for Advancement and Support of Education case.org
CBO

Congressional Budget Office

 cbo.gov
CCA Complete College America completecollege.org
CGS Council of Graduate Schools cgsnet.org
CHEA Council for Higher Education Accreditation chea.org
CHEPS Center for Higher Education Policy Studies utwente.nl/mb/cheps
CIC Council of Independent Colleges cic.org
CLA Collegiate Learning Assessment cae.org/content/pro_collegiate.htm
COE Council for Opportunity in Education coenet.us
CONAHEC Consortium for Higher Education Collaboration conahec.org
CONASEP CONAHEC’s Student Exchange Program conahecstudentexchange.org
CSG-WEST Council of State Governments - West csgwest.org
CSHE Center for the Study of Higher Education ed.psu.edu/cshe
CSPN College Savings Plan Network collegesavings.org
CUE Center for Urban Education, University of Southern California cue.usc.edu
DQC Data Quality Campaign dataqualitycampaign.org
ECS Education Commission of the States ecs.org
 
ED- U.S. Dept. of Education links:  
ED-FSA Federal Student Aid ed.gov/about/offices/list/fsa
ED-IES Institute of Education Sciences ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies
ED-NCES National Center for Education Statistics nces.ed.gov
ED-OESE Office of Elementary & Secondary Education ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese
ED-OPE Office of Postsecondary Education ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope
ED-OSERS Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers
ED-OVAE Office of Vocational and Adult Education ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae
FIPSE Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse
NCLB No Child Left Behind ed.gov/nclb
 
EdREF EdRef College Search Reference EdRef.com
EDUCAUSE (An association fostering higher ed change via technology and information resources) educause.edu
EPI Educational Policy Institute educationalpolicy.org
ETS Educational Testing Service ets.org
EC Electronic Campus Initiatives ecinitiatives.org
Excelencia Excelencia in Education edexcelencia.org
GHEE Global Higher Education Exchange ghee.org
HACU Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities hacu.net
HBLI Hispanic Border Leadership Institute asu.edu/educ/hbli
ICE Internet Course Exchange (WICHE) wiche.edu/ice
IHELP Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy,
California State University Sacramento		 csus.edu/ihelp
IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy ihep.org
IIE Institute of International Education iie.org
IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System nces.ed.gov/ipeds
JBC Joint Budget Committee  
JFF Jobs for the Future jff.org

McCrel

 Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning mcrel.org
MHEC Midwestern Higher Education Compact mhec.org
MOA Making Opportunity Affordable www.collegeproductivity.org/
MSA/CHE Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education middlestates.org
NAAL National Assessment of Adult Literacy nces.ed.gov/naal/
NACOL North American Council for Online Learning www.nacol.org/
NACUBO National Association of College and University Business Officers nacubo.org
NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard
NAFEO National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education nafeo.org
NAFSA (an association of international educators) nafsa.org
NAICU National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities naicu.edu
NASFAA National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators www.nasfaa.org/
NASH National Association of System Heads nashonline.org
NASPA National Association of Student Personnel Administrators naspa.org
NASSGAP National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs nassgap.org
NCA-CASI North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement ncacihe.org
NCAT The National Center for Academic Transformation thencat.org
NCCC National Consortium for College Completion n/a
NCHEMS National Center for Higher Education Management Systems nchems.org
NCPPHE National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education www.highereducation.org
NCPR National Center for Postsecondary Research postsecondaryresearch.org
NCSL National Conference of State Legislatures ncsl.org
NEASC-CIHE New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education neasc.org
NEBHE New England Board of Higher Education nebhe.org
NGA National Governors' Association nga.org
NILOA National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment learningoutcomeassessment.org
NLA/SLA New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability newleadershipalliance.org
NPEC National Postsecondary Education Cooperative nces.ed.gov/npec
NRHA National Rural Health Association www.ruralhealthweb.org/
NSC National Student Clearinghouse studentclearinghouse.org
  Pathways to College Network pathwaystocollege.net 
NWCCU Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development www.oecd.org
PISA Program for International Student Assessment www.oecd.org/pisa
PESC Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council www.pesc.org/
PPIC Public Policy Institute of California www.ppic.org/
RMAIR Rocky Mountain Association for Institutional Research rmair.org
SACS-CoCS Southern Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Colleges sacscoc.org
SFARN Student Financial Aid Research Network pellinstitute.org/conference_SFARN.html
 
SHEEO State Higher Education Executive Officers sheeo.org
SHEEO Offices in the West:
ACPE Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education state.ak.us/acpe/acpe.html
UAS University of Alaska System alaska.edu
ABOR Arizona Board of Regents abor.asu.edu
CPEC California Postsecondary Education Commission cpec.ca.gov
CDHE Colorado Department of Higher Education highered.colorado.gov
UH University of Hawai'i hawaii.edu
ISBE Idaho State Board of Education www.boardofed.idaho.gov
MUS Montana University System mus.edu
NMHED New Mexico Higher Education Department hed.state.nm.us
NSHE Nevada System of Higher Education nevada.edu
NDUS North Dakota University System ndus.nodak.edu
OUS Oregon University System ous.edu
SDBOR South Dakota Board of Regents ris.sdbor.edu
USBR Utah State Board of Regents utahsbr.edu
HECB Higher Education Coordinating Board hecb.wa.gov
WCCC Wyoming Community College Commission commission.wcc.edu
UW University of Wyoming uwyo.edu
 
SHEPC State Higher Education Policy Center n/a
SONA Student Organization of North America conahec.org/conahec/sona
SREB Southern Regional Education Board sreb.org
SREC Southern Regional Electronic Campus electroniccampus.org
SSI State Scholars Initiative wiche.edu/statescholars
SURA Southeastern Universities Research Association sura.org
TBD Transparency by Design wcet.wiche.edu/advance/transparency-by-design
UCEA University Professional & Continuing Education Association (formerly NUCEA) www.ucea.org/
UNCF United Negro College Fund uncf.org
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization www.unesco.org/new/en/
UPCEA University Professional Continuing Education Association upcea.edu
VSA Voluntary System of Accountability www.voluntarysystem.org/
ALLIANCE Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders wiche.edu/alliance
WAGS Western Association of Graduate Schools wagsonline.org
FORUM Western Academic Leadership Forum wiche.edu/forum
WASC-ACCJC Western Association of Schools and Colleges,
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges 		 accjc.org
WASC-Sr Western Association of Schools and Colleges,
Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities  		 wascsenior.org/wasc
  Washington College Directory Network washington.collegedirectorynetwork.com
WCET WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies wcet.wiche.edu
WGA Western Governors' Association  westgov.org
WICHE Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education wiche.edu
WIN Western Institute of Nursing ohsu.edu.son.win