Association of American Colleges and Universities

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is a global membership organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. It works to improve quality and equity in undergraduate education and advance liberal education. Founded in 1915 as the Association of American Colleges, AAC&U comprises more than 1,000 member institutions in the US and abroad, including accredited public and private colleges, community colleges, research universities, and comprehensive universities. It was renamed the Association of American Colleges and Universities in 1995, and acquired its current name in 2022. Publications AAC&U publishes Liberal Education magazine, sponsors meetings and institutes for campus teams and publishes reports and monographs. Peer Review Peer Review was a quarterly magazine published by the association that reported "emerging trends and key debates in undergraduate liberal education". It was established in early 2000 and as of 2015 the editor-in-chief was Shelley Johnson Carey.