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Membership Benefits and Services

ACE's benefits are driven by the needs of our member institutions and guided by the four distinct roles our members value most: represent and advocate, lead, serve, and build capacity and capability.

Each year, 1,600 institutional and system members from every sector of higher education take advantage of ACE's signature services. And, as the coordinating higher education association, ACE provides its 200 association, corporate, international, and search firm partners with the opportunity to gain visibility and access to a comprehensive, in-depth, and diverse membership of campus leaders.

Represent and Advocate

• Coordinated legislative representation through targeted congressional visits, testimony, and mobilization of the entire higher education community.
• Weekly news and analysis through the electronic newsletters President to President and Higher Education and National Affairs (HENA).
• Amicus curiae briefs and position papers that serve as a first-line counsel for all campuses and sectors.
• Well-respected, authoritative media outreach and support.

Lead

• Resources, programs, and tools to enhance the diversity and capacity of leadership within your institution and within the broader higher education community. From the ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers to presidential seminars, roundtables, and networks for administrators, ACE's leadership agenda offers opportunities for you and every member of your executive team.
• State networks that reach more than 10,000 women in colleges and universities across the nation. Timely forums that help presidents, chancellors, and provosts cope with challenges that are becoming increasingly more complex. Topics include addressing financial challenges, diversifying the leadership pipeline, dealing with campus crises, and internationalization.
• The ACE Fellows Program, which has helped prepare hundreds of higher education administrators for senior executive positions. This program has graduated more than 1,500 senior leaders in 44 years.
• Networking opportunities for presidents, chancellors, and the entire executive team.
• Important discussions and innovative ideas for campus leaders at the ACE Annual Meeting.

Serve

• Complimentary publications, original research, and data analysis that help presidents and their staff resolve campus challenges.
• Web-based resources, including an online information center, policy and research links, and e-newsletters that offer critical data on a host of topics.
• Expertise and assistance on such issues as internationalization, affirmative action, lifelong learning, and crisis management.
• The Presidency, ACE's flagship magazine, published three times a year and devoted to thought provoking leadership issues.

Build Capacity and Capability

• KnowHow2GO, a national college access campaign, in partnership with the Ad Council and Lumina Foundation for Education, bringing national visibility to the goal of expanding access to higher education.
• Programs that promote access to, and success in, postsecondary education and the workforce for adult students, military service members, and veterans.
• Increased student enrollment and verification of outside learning through 20 million ACE-endorsed transcripts.