Affiliate Membership

Why Become an ACE Affiliate Member?

The ACE Affiliate Members Program serves as a bridge between the business, nonprofit, and foundation communities. The program brings together leaders, collaboratively working to solve issues facing our institutions, who serve more than 80 percent of college students today. Membership is open to companies, nonprofit organizations, and foundations that serve all sectors of higher education.

As an affiliate member, you'll enjoy engagement opportunities and access to ACE leadership and members, communications and insights to help you understand how to better serve campuses throughout the country, and year-round visibility and brand awareness.

The Impact of Your Membership

Support from affiliate members makes ACE's work possible. These funds go toward research and the development of innovative professional learning programs that help prepare the nation’s higher education leaders of today and tomorrow.

For more information, download the Affiliate Membership Brochure (PDF).

Benefits of Membership

All affiliate members receive a diverse range of year-round benefits and recognition, including:

Engagement and Access

Exclusive members-only presentation opportunities during the ACE Annual Meeting (sponsorship required).
Monthly thought leadership content opportunity for partner insights section of ACE This Week e-newsletter. Submissions not included in the e-newsletter will appear in the Affiliate Member Insights section of the ACE website for six months.

Communications and Insight

Regular updates on ACE federal and state policy issues, as well as other higher education topics, through:

Subscription to Higher Education & National Affairs (HENA) weekly e-newsletter
Subscription to President to President (P2P) biweekly e-newsletter
Subscription to ACE This Week e-newsletter, spotlighting upcoming engagement opportunities and related news of interest
Complimentary or discounted copies of ACE publications
Regular updates from ACE on ways to further maximize your membership

Visibility and Brand Awareness

Presence on the ACE Affiliate Members Program web page, including company name, website link, address, and 100- word company description.
New member announcement and link to company website in Higher Education & National Affairs e-newsletter (one time).
Periodic recognition through ACE social media.

Dues

Prospective members may join on a rolling basis, but the membership term expires September 30 of each year (e.g., if your application is received April 3, 2024, your membership expires September 30, 2024). Your first year's membership dues may be pro-rated based on the month you join.

Membership dues are based on the company’s number of full-time employees:

Under 50 employees: $2,575
50–499 employees: $4,635
500–4,999 employees: $6,180
5,000 or more employees: $7,725

Terms and Conditions

All affiliate members must agree to and abide by the program's terms and conditions.

Terms and Conditions of Membership

ACE reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any affiliate member or Executive Search Roundtable participant and further reserves the right to reject any application for any reason, as outlined in ACE’s Corporate Relations Principles.
Submission of the application to become an affiliate member and payment of the annual dues constitute agreement to these terms and conditions of membership. Membership dues are nonrefundable.
Payment of membership dues must be received within 60 days of receipt of a completed membership application.
Membership dues and benefits are subject to change without notice.
All membership benefits are valid only during the membership term. Activation of some benefits requires action by the affiliate member prior to a publicized deadline.
The affiliate member must designate the individual(s) to receive complimentary subscriptions to Higher Education & National Affairs, President to President, and ACE This Week e-newsletters. The subscriptions must be assigned to employees of the affiliate member.
Content for the ACE This Week e-newsletter is solicited from affiliate members to highlight their successful client case studies, new initiatives, white papers, and unique research that may be of interest to senior higher education leaders. Submission must meet ACE guidelines and is subject to ACE review and approval. Space is limited, and submissions will be accepted and included on a first-come, first-served basis. Acceptance and inclusion of submitted material is not guaranteed during the membership year.
Proposal submissions for Annual Meeting affiliate-sponsored sessions must meet ACE guidelines and are subject to ACE review and approval. Space is limited and submission does not guarantee acceptance and/or inclusion.
Affiliate members receive a 50 percent discount off the member rate on up to two full Annual Meeting registrations.