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Empowering Catholic Higher Education Leaders

To strengthen and promote the Catholic mission and identity of its member institutions, the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities provides services designed specifically for senior administrators at member colleges, universities, and organizations. ACCU offers timely, targeted programs and services that:

  • ​Help foster vibrant Catholic identity
  • Support cooperation among members
  • Respond to emerging member needs

Campus Ministry Leaders

Campus Ministers encourage and foster leadership inside and outside the Church and serve diverse student bodies on our campuses throughout Catholic Higher Education.

Chief Academic Officers

Chief Academic Officers (CAOs) play a unique role in advancing Catholic identity among academic staff.

Chief Mission Officers

ACCU offers a range of programs, events, and publications to meet the various needs of Mission Officers.

Community-Engaged Scholar Practitioners

ACCU supports our communities of scholar-practitioners involved in service-learning and community engagement. 

Exploring the Presidency

The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities offers programming to help you explore the calling of the presidency in Catholic higher education.

Senior Diversity Officers

Provides a forum for diversity professionals and university leaders to develop an equity-mindedness framework combining faith, reason, and eliminating systemic and structural barriers.

Senior Student Affairs Officers

Our lived mission is to seek and provide opportunities to inform and equip students to advance their personal, intellectual, and spiritual growth within a framework of Catholic values.

Spouses of ACCU Presidents

ACCU seeks to offer a collaborative community of support to spouses.

Women Executive Leaders

ACCU seeks to support women to meet current leadership demands and thrive in Catholic higher education executive positions.