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AAC&U is a national membership organization representing the entire spectrum of college and universities and is committed to the centrality of liberal arts undergraduate education. Founded in 1915, its services include publications, meetings, public advocacy and programs aimed at educational improvement and reform.
In the fall of 2005, NERCHE began serving as an “Academic Partner” with AAC&U. As part of this collaboration, NERCHE is engaged in publicity and program planning for a series of AAC&U conferences and sponsors a session at the annual meeting held each fall. Recent national presentation featuring NERCHE Think Tank members and staff have focused on institutional outcomes assessment for diversity, policies and practices focusing on community college transfer to elite institutions, and best practices in identifying faculty of color through the search process and sustaining their involvement.
NERCHE will be offering a pre-conference workshop at the upcoming conference on Shaping Faculty Roles in a Time of Change: Leadership for Student Learning in San Diego, California, April 2-4, 2009. |
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CUMU (Coalition for Urban Metropolitan Universities) was created in 1990 as an alliance of colleges and universities located in metropolitan areas whose distinctive missions are carried out though the application of institutional resources to community problems. In 2006, NERCHE and CUMU began a collaboration to manage the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement which is presented at the annual CUMU conference. |
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The Futures Project was founded in 1990 by the late Frank Newman to stimulate debate about the relationship of higher education to the global market and to develop policies that deploy market forces to maximize opportunities and minimize dangers for higher. In 2007, NERCHE acquired the resources of the Future’s Project which are now kept at this location. |
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The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) was incorporated in 2007 to promote the development and dissemination of research on service-learning both domestically and abroad. NERCHE sponsors a reception for graduate students at the annual conference of the IARSLCE. NERCHE’s director currently serves as the board chair for the association. |
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The Democracy Imperative (TDI), created in 2007, is a national network of scholars, campus leaders, and civic leaders committed to advancing deliberative democracy in and through higher education. Sponsored by the University of New Hampshire, TDI offers open source resources and free membership. NERCHE sponsored TDI’s first conference in 2007 and is sponsoring the TDI conference in July 2009. NERCHE’s director serves on the board of TDI. |
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The Higher Education Network for Community Engagement (HENCE) is a response to the growing need to deepen, consolidate, and advance the literature, research, practice, policy, and advocacy for community engagement as a core element of higher education's role in society. Increasingly, higher education institutions are intentionally connecting academic work to public purposes through extensive partnerships that involve faculty, staff, and students in active collaboration with communities. This idea of "community engagement" is renewing the civic mission of higher education and transforming academic culture in ways that are both exciting and challenging. NERCHE is a founding member of HENCE. |
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