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This Resource Directory profiles 70 higher-education organizations that encourage -- through programs or publications -- one or more dimensions of character development. American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) AAHE is an individual membership organization that promotes change and reform in higher education to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. Consisting of more than 9,000 professors, college administrators, students, and individuals concerned about the future of higher education, AAHE recently initiated a Service Learning Project. The project is anchored by an 18-volume series designed to provide resources to faculty wishing to explore community-based learning in and through the academic disciplines. The organization will also be convening a series of meetings to promote service-learning collaboration across the disciplines. American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) AASCU promotes a broad understanding of the essential role of public higher education in our society. Among its many programs is the Academic Leadership Institute, which provides professional development opportunities for newly appointed chief academic officers at AASCU-member institutions. American College Health Association (ACHA) ACHA is the principal advocate and leadership organization for college and university health professionals. The organization provides advocacy, education, and services for its members to enhance their ability to improve the health of all students and the wider campus community. American College Personnel Association (ACPA) ACPA is a professional association that offers student- affairs professionals educational programs, services, and other professional development opportunities to enhance the quality of the learning environment on college and university campuses. American Council on Education (ACE) ACE is the nation's principal higher-education association. Dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher-education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society, ACE recently established an initiative to strengthen the role of colleges and universities in promoting civic responsibility among students. American Medical Association (AMA) In response to the alarming statistics on alcohol use on college campuses, the AMA and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are collaborating on two national efforts. A Matter of Degree: The National Effort to Reduce High-Risk Drinking Among College Students seeks to confront the issues and problems associated with youth and alcohol and to create solutions through environmental changes. Reducing Underage Drinking Through Coalitions brings together 12 broad-based coalitions to reduce alcohol abuse among minors and create healthier communities. Association for College and University Religious Affairs A professional association of chaplains and directors of religious affairs. Association for Moral Education AME was founded in 1976 to provide an interdisciplinary forum for professionals interested in curriculum development and research that links moral theory with educational practice. Through its program of conferences and publications, AME serves as a resource to educators, practitioners, and the public in matters related to moral education and development. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) APPE is committed to encouraging and developing high-quality interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching within the fields of practical and professional ethics. At its annual meeting, APPE hosts the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, a competition among college students that focuses on responding adroitly to complex ethical questions and dilemmas. Association for Religion and Intellectual Life (ARIL) ARIL is a global network of people from various religious traditions who share a commitment to bringing the passions of the heart into closer relationship with the life of the mind. In the year 2000, ARIL is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its magazine, Cross Currents. Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA) ASJA encourges the development and enforcement of standards of conduct for students in an educational endeavor that fosters students' personal and social development. Students must assume a significant role in developing and enforcing such regulations so that they can be better prepared for the responsibilities of citizenship. Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) AAC&U is an institutional membership association that works to advance the aims of liberal education. Strengthening the undergraduate curriculum is one of five priority areas the organization will focus on in the coming years. Association of American Universities (AAU) The AAU consists of more than 60 universities concerned with undergraduate education and related higher-education policy issues. Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) ACCU is an association of more than 200 colleges and universities in the U.S. interested in advancing the importance and contributions of Catholic higher education. The organization publishes the semi-annual journal Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education. Association of College and University Housing OfficersInternational (ACUHO-I) ACUHO-I provides technical support to college personnel involved in student housing. Its new magazine, Talking Stick, contains reports and programming ideas on timely subjects related to the field of college and university resident halls and student housing. Association of College UnionsInternational (ACUI) ACUI brings together college student-union and student activities professionals from nearly 1,000 schools worldwide. It is dedicated to enhancing campus life through programs, services, and useful publications. ACUI currently has a special initiative to integrate civic values into its core programs and activities. Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) AGB's mission is to advance the practice of citizen trusteeship and help ensure the quality and success of the nation's colleges and universities. AGB has developed programs and services that strengthen the partnership between president and governing board, define the responsibilities of governing board members, and provide guidance to regents and trustees. The BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network The network is an association of college- and university-based peer-education programs that focus on alcohol-abuse prevention and other related student health and safety issues. The network operates on the philosophy that students can play a uniquely effective role, unmatched by professional educators, in encouraging their peers to consider, talk honestly about, and develop responsible habits, attitudes, and lifestyles regarding alcohol and related issues. The Bonner Scholars Program The foundation provides four-year community-service scholarships to approximately 1,500 students annually (known throughout higher education as "Bonner Scholars"). The scholarship supports those young men and women who have high financial need and a commitment to volunteer service. Campus Compact Campus Compact is a national membership organization of college and university presidents committed to helping students develop the values and skills of citizenship through participating in public and community service. Campus Crusade for Christ Campus Crusade is an interdenominational Christian ministry and student organization that provides information, training, relationships, opportunities, and environments conducive to the spiritual growth of college students. Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) COOL, founded in 1984, is a national organization dedicated to the education and empowerment of college students through community service. It aims to mobilize and connect students of all backgrounds to lead a movement that promotes student activism and fosters the civic responsibility necessary to build a just society. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching The foundation is a major national center for research and policy studies about teaching. Its reports and publications have addressed the most serious challenges facing the undergraduate education experience. The foundation is currently engaged in an initiative titled Higher Education and the Development of Moral Character and Civic Responsibility. The Center for Academic Integrity The center provides a forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students. By encouraging and supporting research on factors that affect academic integrity, the center hopes not only to help students and faculty develop curricular models that address issues of ethical choice, but also to make business and government leaders more aware of the impact their decisions can have on the moral development of college students. The center holds an annual conference and is currently developing an Academic Integrity Assessment and Action Guide designed to be used by colleges and universities interested in strengthening their academic integrity systems. The Center for Campus Organizing (CCO) CCO is an educational organization that helps students on college campuses learn the leadership skills necessary for grassroots community organizing. Its mission is to promote the principles and practices of participatory democracy on campuses and within society at large. The center publishes articles, booklets, and a quarterly newsletter highlighting the state of student and campus activism. The Center for Ethical Leadership The center provides training and education in ethical leadership, civic responsibility, and collaborative problem solving to promote the common good. It has active programs involving youth, neighborhood, religious, corporate, government, nonprofit, and education leaders. Character Education Partnership (CEP) CEP is a nonpartisan coalition of civic organizations, schools, businesses, and individuals dedicated to developing the character of our youth for a more compassionate and responsible society. CEP maintains a national resource center on character education and sponsors conferences, research, and publications. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) CASE is an international association of alumni administrators, fund-raisers, public relations managers, publications editors, and government relations officers. CASE believes that institutional advancement officers have a special duty to exemplify and observe the highest standards of personal and professional conduct. Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) The council focuses on helping Christian colleges and universities better fulfill their mission to effectively integrate biblical faith, scholarship, and service. Since 1994, the council has been involved in the comprehensive assessment project Taking Values Seriously, which examines the values of students as they enter CCCU institutions, as they graduate, and after they have been out of college for two years. Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) A membership organization of more than 3,000 colleges and universities, CHEA serves as a national voice for accreditation through voluntary self-regulation and as a policy center and clearinghouse for the higher education community. Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) CIC is an association of more than 460 independent colleges and universities that work together to enhance educational programs and increase the visibility of private higher education's contributions to society. The Education as Transformation Project The project is a multiyear organizing effort begun in 1996 to initiate a dialog about religious pluralism and spirituality in higher education. It is working with more than 250 colleges and universities to develop new models and strategies to support religious diversity on campus and explore how spirituality can serve as a web that interconnects educational initiatives such as college student values, moral and ethical development, experiential education, health, and community service. Ethics Resources Center (ERC) The mission of the ERC is to enhance understanding of business ethics through dialog, research, publications, and collaboration. In 1992, ERC launched its Campaign for Character, an initiative that includes the dissemination of high-quality teacher training seminars and video-based learning programs on character education. The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention The center provides support to colleges and universities to develop strategies for changing campus culture related to alcohol abuse and drug use. The center offers technical assistance, develops publications, and conducts training workshops on college campuses throughout North America. Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) HERI is one of the leading centers for higher-education research and evaluation in North America, with a special emphasis on how the college experience affects the cognitive and ethical development of students. HERI conducts an annual survey of first-year college students. The results are published each year in The American Freshman, which examines the norms held by first-year college students. The institute is currently researching the cognitive, behavioral, and affective outcomes among college students who participate in service-learning courses. This study will also examine the effects of service learning on faculty. Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) HACU is a national association of more than 200 colleges and universities that collectively enroll two-thirds of all Hispanics in higher education. HACU has initiated a number of educational projects to address and improve Hispanic graduation rates, including linkages between colleges and universities and precollegiate school systems. Institute for Global Ethics The institute is an independent, nonpartisan organization dedicated to elevating public awareness and promoting the discussion of ethics in a global context. As an international, membership-based think tank, the institute focuses on ethical activities in education, the corporate sector, and public policy. Institute on College Student Values The institute conducts an annual conference for student-affairs professionals, educators, campus ministers, and other individuals interested in character development during the college years. It is designed to be a think tank for those who wish to explore more effective ways to promote the ethical development of college students. Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) ISI is an educational organization whose purpose is to convey to successive generations of college youth a better understanding of the values and institutions that sustain a free society. To accomplish this goal, ISI has established an integrated program of lectures, conferences, publications, and fellowships that reaches thousands of college students and faculty across the country. Josephson Institute of Ethics The mission of the institute is to improve the ethical quality of society by advocating principled reasoning and ethical decision-making. One of the institute's programs is the Character Counts! Coalition, a wide-ranging alliance of schools, youth organizations, and civic groups that supports the ethical development of young people through programming that focuses on practicing the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. The Kenan Ethics Program The program supports the study and teaching of ethics and promotes moral reflection and commitment in personal, professional, community, and civic life. It encourages moral inquiry across intellectual disciplines and professions, within the context of campus life, as well as across interdependent local, national, and global communities. The program sponsors the annual conference Moral Education in a Diverse Society. Kettering Foundation The foundation is rooted in the American tradition of "inventive research," embodied by its founder, Charles F. Kettering, holder of more than 200 patents and best known for his invention of the automotive self-starter. Today, the foundation conducts research and publishes educational and community resources to help citizens act responsibly and effectively on the challenges facing our society. The foundation recently developed and widely disseminated civic education study guides and activities for use in college and university classrooms. LeaderShape The mission of LeaderShape is to offer the highest quality, state-of-the-art leadership programs that improve society by inspiring, developing, and supporting college student leaders. The W. K. Kellogg Foundation recently named The LeaderShape Institute an "exemplary program." Medical Institute for Sexual Health Driven by medical, educational, and other scientific data, the institute informs, educates, and provides solutions to medical professionals, educators, government officials, parents, and the media about problems associated with sexually transmitted disease and nonmarital pregnancy. It recently published an information packet titled National Guidelines for Sexuality and Character Education. National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) NACADA is an association of professional advisors, faculty, administrators, and students who do academic advising or work to promote the highest quality academic advising on college and university campuses. The organization has a core values statement that provides a framework against which those who advise can measure their own performance. Among its many educational materials, NACADA recently published a monograph titled First-Year Student Academic Advising. National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) NACA is a member-based association of colleges and universities, talent firms, artists and performers, student programmers and leaders, and professional campus activities staff. It serves as a clearinghouse and catalyst for information, ideas, and campus-based leadership opportunities. National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) NACAC is an association of more than 6,600 members who work with students as they make the transition from high school to postsecondary education. The school counselor and the college admission counselor are most often the primary sources of information about the transition process. NACAC has established a Statement of Principles of Good Practice, the code of ethical conduct for all individuals and institutions involved in the admission process. National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) NAFEO is a national umbrella and advocacy organization for 118 of the nation's historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities. Its mission is to articulate the need for a system of higher education in which race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and previous educational attainment levels are not determinants of either the quantity or quality of higher education. National Association for Women in Education (NAWE) NAWE addresses issues related to the interests, scholarship, and advancement of women educators and college students. The organization holds an annual conference designed for women who aspire to or who are currently in leadership roles on campus and in their community. National Association of College and University Chaplains (NACUC) NACUC is a multifaith professional organization concerned with the religious life of the entire college or university. The organization publishes NACUC NEWS, a publication of articles, reviews, and news, and Ailanthus, a semiannual journal of professional and scholarly papers related to religious life in higher education. NACUC also convenes an annual meeting. National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) Made up of more than 900 private colleges and universities, NAICU's primary objective is to inform the public and government about the accomplishments and concerns of independent higher education. National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) NASULGC is an association of 202 land-grant colleges and universities that supports high-quality public education. The organization is initiating a public education campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption by college students. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) With more than 8,000 individual members and more than 1,175 member campuses, NASPA provides support to senior student-affairs officers and administrators. One of its most recent initiatives is to develop a set of principles to promote student learning that should guide the cooperation and collaboration of all academic and student-affairs professionals on a college or university campus. National Campus Ministry Association An association of campus ministry professionals that provides networking and resources for personal and professional growth to those who are engaged in ministry in higher education. National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs (NCLP) NCLP provides a central clearinghouse of leadership materials, resources, and assistance to leadership educators. Its members receive publications, assistance, consultation, access to leadership resource files, and networking opportunities with other professionals engaged in leadership education. National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) NCHC seeks to enhance the academic, cultural, and social opportunities available to exceptionally motivated undergraduate students. Specifically, its purposes are to stimulate development of new honors programs in colleges and universities, promote an awareness of honors learning within higher education, and help honors programs improve intellectual discourse on campuses in ways advantageous to all students and faculty. National Hillel/The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Hillel cooperates with a vast array of Jewish organizations to bring to campuses across the U.S. the broadest range of social, educational, cultural, and religious programs for Jewish students of all backgrounds. National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) A federation of 67 men's national and international fraternities, NIC provides a variety of services to support and enhance the fraternity movement throughout the U.S. and Canada. It offers educational materials on "Alcohol-Free Housing," "Adopt an Elementary School," "Leadership Development," and "The Crime of Hazing." National Panhellenic Conference The mission of the National Panhellenic Conference is to support and promote women's sororities and fraternities as a positive element of the higher-education experience. The organization works closely with colleges and universities to maintain and advance high standards of conduct and scholarship for women in Greek-letter societies. National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC) NPHC is a national coordinating body for the nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities on American college and university campuses. Alumni chapters across the country are highly active in civic and community-service initiatives. National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) NSEE is a membership association and national resource center that promotes experienced-based approaches to teaching and learning. For more than 25 years, NSEE has developed best practices for effectively integrating experience into educational programs. National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) NWHRC is the national clearinghouse for women's health information. It has a popular Web site and publishes the award-winning National Women's Health Report. Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE) SVHE is a fellowship of faculty members and others who care deeply about ethical issues facing higher education and the wider society. Members of SVHE conceive and carry out national projects that focus on issues such as integrity and civic responsibility in higher education. United Negro College Fund (UNCF) A consortium of 39 private, accredited, four-year historically Black colleges and universities, UNCF is the nation's oldest and most successful African-American higher-education assistance organization. It was recently awarded a major grant from the Ford Foundation to support changes in the curriculum at UNCF colleges designed to successfully institutionalize service-learning opportunities. The Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy The center is dedicated to sustaining democratic theory and extending democratic practice. It approaches democracy in the spirit of Walt Whitman -- as a mode of living rather than as a set of strictly political arrangements. The center sponsors research, conferences, and empirical studies of democratic theory. Women's College Coalition The coalition is an association representing the 79 women's colleges in the U.S. and Canada. It makes the case for single-sex education for women to the higher-education community and policy makers, as well as to the media and the general public. One of its areas of focus is the development of women leaders in society. |
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