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Public Purpose: the Magazine of AASCU
New articles from the April/May Issue.

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2008 Annual Meeting
AASCU Board Chair’s Invitation to 2008 Annual Meeting. Read more


Commencement Address
Rhode Island College Graduates hear from AASCU President Deno Curris. Read more

Upcoming Meetings

July 18 – 19
Presidential Retreat
Vail Cascade, Vail, Colorado

July 19 – 22
Summer Council of Presidents
Vail Cascade, Vail, Colorado

July 24 – 27
Academic Affairs Summer Meeting
Omni Parker House, Boston, Massachusetts


AASCU Online Legislative Action and Policy Center
Your source for federal legislation affecting higher education, advocacy efforts, state policy resources, and Congressional directory information. Read more


Policy Matters: The State College Role in Advancing Environmental Sustainability: Policies, Programs and Practices
Many institutions and state college systems are using campus resources to carry out grassroots environmental initiatives that yield important environmental, educational, and economic dividends. Continued campus efforts will be most successful to the extent that policymakers provide leadership and support to advance common environmental agendas.
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We are Public
AASCU’s 430 public college and university members are found throughout the United States, and in Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. We range in size from 1,000 students to 44,000. We are found in the inner city, in suburbs, towns and cities, and in remote rural America.
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We Deliver
We include campuses with extensive offerings in law, medicine and doctoral education—as well as campuses offering associate degrees to complement baccalaureate studies. We are both residential and commuter, and with on-line degrees as well.
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We Support
Common to virtually every member institution are three qualities that define its work and characterize our common commitments: We are institutions of access and opportunity. We are student-centered institutions. We are “stewards of place.” Read more