American Association of higher education & nongovernmental accreditation

1. American Association of higher education & nongovernmental accreditation http://www.aahea.org

2. Leah Holder Georgia Southern University American Higher Education EDLD 7430 Website Review & Report Dr. Daniel W. Calhoun

3. The american Association for higher education IS: • The oldest association in the United States dedicated to the advancement of higher education. • An organization that best enables all individuals, institutions, and stakeholders in higher education to learn, organize for learning, and contribute to the common good. • An independent, membership-based, non-profit organization dedicated to building human capital for higher education. • The source for information about higher education on issues that matter in a democratic multi-racial society.

4. The american Association for higher education PROVIDES: • Accreditation to more than 20 disciplines for the common good of higher education. • Clarification of critical issues in post secondary education through conferences, publications, and special projects for administrators, students, trustees, faculty, public officials, and interested individuals. • Programmatic and intellectual leadership in higher education. • Effective change at the campus, state, and national level Information Literacy Goals, Areas of Interest, Publications, and Standards.

5. HIStory 1870: Began when the National Education Association established a department of higher education. 1924: Disbanded 1945: Reactivated 1958: Renamed The Association for Higher Education 1968: Went into collective bargaining 1969: 300 Members of the department pledged to take out life memberships to raise funds so the department could continue as an independent organization. 2005: Temporary slump 2007: Renamed The American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation to reflect expanded mission

6. mission AAHEA is the individual membership organization that promotes research, collaboration, scholarship, best practices, evidence based research to move together into the era of increasingly digitized education. A leader in the transition from old norms to new standards for a new age. The association equips individuals and institutions committed to such changes with the knowledge they need to bring those changes about.

7. Information available • Contributes to the knowledge of a diverse group of leaders committed to the systemic, long-term, cost-effective improvement of American higher education. • Provides forums in which individuals from a variety of positions and institutions, within and outside higher education, can engage in constructive conversations about difficult issues. • Documents and promotes new concepts of scholarship, with particular emphasis on the nature of learning and the results of teaching. • Helps institutions develop their capacities to make the organizational, pedagogical, and other changes needed to achieve their evolving missions. • Sets standards and oversees education • Provides accreditation across the board • The number one source worldwide for all higher education information

8. references American Association of Higher Education & Nongovernmental Accreditation. (2012). Retrieved May 30, 2012 from American Association of Higher Education & Nongovernmental Accreditation: http://www.aahea.org