ACT's Research and Information Services are a valuable resource for many purposes, including recruitment, enrollment/admissions, placement, retention, and student surveys.
In addition, you may find useful information on the following websites:
Professional Associations
National Academic Advising Association members represent institutions across the spectrum of Carnegie college classifications and include professional advisors, counselors, faculty, administrators, and students whose responsibilities include academic advising.
The National Association for College Admission Counseling serves secondary school counselors, college and university admission officers and counselors, and related individuals who work with students as they make the transition from high school to postsecondary education
The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers provides leadership in policy initiation, interpretation, and implementation in the global educational community.
The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators is a resource for professional development opportunities and information on current issues affecting campus policies and students' needs.
The American College Personnel Association serves all levels of higher education student affairs professionals through educational and developmental programs, publications, and networking opportunities.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. is an international education association that promotes scholarship, disseminates information, and advocates for credentialed instruction and quality programming in teaching English to speakers of other languages.
Information on Special Programs
The Center for Supplemental Instruction supports the supplemental instruction model of student academic assistance, which helps students in historically difficult classes master course content while they develop and integrate learning and study strategies.
The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition collects and disseminates information about the first college year and other significant student transitions.
National Education Organizations
The Association for Institutional Research is dedicated to professional growth of all who participate in decision making related to higher education via management research, policy analysis, and planning.
The American Association for Higher Education promotes the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world.
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities promotes broad understanding of public higher education's role in society and is the advocate and guardian for public higher education policy issues at the national, state, and campus levels.
The American Council on Education, founded in 1918, is the nation's coordinating higher education association.
The Association of American Colleges and Universities is a national association committed to making the aims of liberal learning a vigorous and constant influence on institutional purpose and educational practice in higher education.
The American Association of Community Colleges works with the federal government and other associations to promote the goals of community colleges and higher education.
The League for Innovation in the Community College is a non-profit educational consortium of leading community colleges organized to stimulate innovation and experimentation in all areas of community college development.
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