Higher Education

Since NEA's beginning, college and university faculty have played prominent roles in the Association. During the Association’s first 60 years there was hardly a leader in American higher education that was not also a leader in the NEA. At least one-fourth of its founding members were faculty or administrators from higher education institutions.

Today, NEA is the largest college and university faculty and staff organization in the United States, representing more than 115,000 higher education personnel.

To learn more about the faculty, support professionals and academics who educate the majority (about 78%) of the over 13 million students in the nation's public two- and four-year institutions, follow these links to discover even more about NEA's Higher Education program or go to the beginning of the NEA Higher Education section of our Web site.

• Annual Higher Education Conference
• National Council for Higher Education - an independent organization for NEA higher education members
• NEA and Academe Through the Years: The Higher Education Roots of NEA, 1857 - Present
• NEA policy statements
• Unions and higher education
• Additional policies and programs