Related Links
The NCAW staff has compiled a list of relevant online resources, grouped by the following categories:
- Associations & Organizations
- Information Sources and Publications
- Research Centers and Foundations
- Government Agencies
Associations & Organizations
- American Association of Community Colleges.
Serves two-year, technical and vocational institutions worldwide - American Association of State Colleges and Universities
AASCU represents hundreds of of public institutions and systems of higher education in the United States. - American Association of University Professors
National association that provides resources on policy, legal decisions, lobbying, research, and publications related to academic freedom and governance, as well as other issues that faculty face. Publisher of the print and online journal Academe. Includes an excellent site index. - American Association of University Women
National association committed to promoting education and equity for women and girls - American Center for the Study of Distance Education
Provides resources and news related to distance education, and based in the School of Education at Penn State. - American Council on Education
ACE provides a voice and opportunities for workers in higher education. - American Educational Research Association
International professional organization, with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical applications. - American Federation of Teachers
Official site of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union. Includes links to news, surveys, publications, and also maintains a list of "hot topics" with summaries and links to resources. - Association for Institutional Research
Site of the professional organization AIR, which supports member efforts to improve institutional research. Provides information on resources and publications. - Association of American Colleges and Universities
Website of the AACU, an organization with a focus on liberal arts undergraduate education. Resources for faculty focus on teaching and scholarship. - Association of American Universities
Website of the AAU, an association of research universities in the US and Canada. Provides information on policy related to research done by faculty, as well as intellectual property, technology transfer, and teaching. - Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Serves the interests and needs of academic governing boards, boards of institutionally related foundations, and campus CEOs and other senior-level campus administrators on issues related to higher education governance and leadership. - Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions
Coalition of labor unions in the USA and Canada that represent graduate students employed as teachers, researchers, and administrative staff - College and University Personnel Association
Network of more than 6,400 human resource administrators at nearly 1,700 colleges and universities worldwide, as well as other groups interested in the advancement of human resources in higher education. - College and University Work/Family Association
Association dedicated to providing work/life resources for higher education. - Committee on Institutional Cooperation
The CIC is a consortium of 12 research universities, including the 11 members of the Big Ten Conference and the University of Chicago. - Council of Graduate Schools.
Organization of institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada, and across the globe engaged in graduate education, research scholarship, and the preparation of candidates for advanced degrees. - Council of Independent Colleges
National service organization for all small and mid-sized, independent, liberal arts colleges and universities in the U.S - Higher Education Associations
List of links, contact information, and descriptions put together by the National Teaching and Learning Forum - National Academy for Academic Leadership
Educates academic decision makers to be leaders for sustained, integrated institutional change that significantly improves student learning. - National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
Organization representing historically and predominantly black colleges and universities. - National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
Clearinghouse for graduate and professional student organizations, and an advocacy group for graduate-professional student needs and rights at all levels. - National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Represents independent higher education. Provides assistance in improvement of teacher education, quality, and legislative activities. - National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
A voluntary association of public universities, land-grant institutions and many of the nation's public university systems. - National Education Association
Higher education section of this teacher union website. - National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (National HERC)
The National HERC facilitates national strategic initiatives that help the regional HERCs accomplish their goals and promotes HERC-wide visibility. The mission of the regional HERCs is to advance the efforts of their member institutions to recruit and retain outstanding and diverse faculty and staff and to assist dual career couples. The website offers a portal to the most comprehensive higher education job listing websites in several U.S. regions. - National Postdoctoral Association
Provides resources for postdoctoral scholars and for faculty and administrators who work with them. Includes policy development, support for scholars, information about international scholars and advocacy suggestions. - NEA Higher Education Home
National Education Association website on higher education. Includes information and resources related to hot topics such as distance education, technology, tenure, and intellectual property; web site templates for courses and faculty organizations; legislation; and the future of higher education. - United University Professions
Union representing over 32,000 State University of New York (SUNY) faculty and the largest union of higher education faculty in the United States. - University Council for Educational Administration
Consortium of major research universities with doctoral programs in educational leadership and policy. Committed to improving the preparation of educational leaders and promoting the development of professional knowledge in school improvement and administration.
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Information Sources and Publications
- Diverse Online
Website of the magazine (formerly known as Black Issues in Higher Education) that provides current news on public policy and other issues related to creating and maintaining a diverse higher education workforce. - AdjunctNation.com
Online resources related to Adjunct Advocate magazine, including job ads, news, polls, information on grants and classroom resources, etc. - Chronicle of Higher Education
Online edition of the weekly print magazine. - ERIC Database
Free, Web-accessible database of citations and abstracts for print and downloadable materials related to education at all levels in the United States and abroad, produced by the U.S. Department of Education. - Inside Higher Ed
Online source for news, opinions, and career information in higher education. - Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Enormous dataset of institutional-level data on postsecondary education in the United States, collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. - Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Home to a searchable online data archive of social science research, based at the University of Michigan. - National Center for Education Statistics (Dept of Education)
Portal for statistics on higher education enrollment, outcomes, etc. - Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
Peer-reviewed, quarterly, electronic journal. - Work Family Newsgroup
Email group on work-family issues moderated by Robert Drago, Pennsylvania State University.
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Research Centers and Foundations
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Workplace, Workforce and Working Families initiative funded this Clearinghouse and other projects related to work and families. - Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan
Center for research, service, and advocacy related to women's educational access, career and employment opportunities, leadership development and well-being; creators of the NCAW. - Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education
COACHE is a collaboration of colleges and universities committed to gathering the peer diagnostic and comparative data academic administrators need to recruit, retain, and develop the cohort most critical to the long-term future of their institutions. - Cornell Higher Education Research Institute
CHERI provides a vehicle for interdisciplinary research on higher education. CHERI's current research interests include the implications of the growing dispersion of wealth across academic institutions, the growing costs and importance of science to universities, the financial challenges facing public higher education, the changing nature of the faculty, governance in academic institutions, improving PhD programs in the humanities and associated social sciences, the supply of biomedical/physician researchers, and reducing inequality in access to higher education. - Families and Work Institute
Nonprofit center for research that provides data to inform decision-making on the changing workforce, changing family and changing community. - Family, Gender and Tenure Project
National study of work/family policy in academia, based at the University of Virginia. - Institute for Higher Education Law & Governance
At the core of IHELG is the analytic study of postsecondary institutions -- with special emphasis on the legal issues that affect colleges and universities. - Institute for Higher Education Policy
non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to foster access and success in postsecondary education through public policy research and other activities. - National Center for Postsecondary Research
This center studies the effects of programs designed to help students make the transition to college and master basic skills needed to advance to a degree - Sloan Work and Family Research Network
Provides information and resource sharing on work and family issues. - The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Independent policy and research center focused on the improvement of teaching and learning. - TIAA-CREF Institute
Generates research and information on financial security and higher education issues.
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Government Agencies
- National Labor Relations Board
Website of the National Labor Relations Board, the US government agency that enforces the "National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector." Site is fully searchable and includes documents related to unions in higher education. - National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program
Portal for ADVANCE grant sites, NSF funded programs for the advancement of women in academic science and engineering. - U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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