Affiliations by Area
These Harper College areas are members of many different professional and educational associations. Please refer to the list below as a reference guide.
Business and Social Sciences
- American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE)
- Illinois Paralegal Association
- Association of Real Estate Educators (AIREE)
- Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association
- Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA)
- NALA the Paralegal Association
- Northwest Suburban Bar Association
Career and Technical Programs
- Adult Numeracy Network (ANN)
- American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH & LA)
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
- American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ISLET)
- American Welding Society (AWS)
- Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
- Association of Licensed Architects (ALA)
- AutoCAD Users Group International (AUGI)
- Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE)
- CompTIA - Computing Technology Industry Association
- Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
- Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International (FMA)
- Haas Technical Education Center (HTEC)
- HVACR Education Resources Network (HERN)
- Illinois Adult and Continuing Educators Association (IACEA)
- Illinois Department of Finance and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- Illinois Department of Public Health Food Managers Certification
- Illinois Manufacturers Association (IMA)
- Illinois Restaurant Association (IRA)
- Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE)
- Illinois State Police (ISP)
- Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages-Bilingual Education (Illinois TESOL-BE / ITBE)
- Institute for Professional Development in Adult Education (IPDAE)
- Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
- International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE)
- International Food Services Executives Association (IFSEA)
- International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA)
- International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
- International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA )
- Learning Resources Network (LERN)
- Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC)
- National Association for Developmental Education (NADE)
- National Coalition of Advanced Technical Centers (NCATC)
- National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- National Institute for Metalwork Skills (NIMS)
- National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA)
- National Restaurant Association (NRA)
- National Safety Council (NSC)
- National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
- North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)
- North Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police
- Northwest Police Academy (NWPA)
- Online and Professional Education Association (UPCEA)
- Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
- Radio Club of America (RCA)
- Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES)
- Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE)
- Solar Energy International (SEI)
- Suburban Law Enforcement Academy (SLEA)
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- Tooling-U SME Platinum Education Center (TUPEC)
- United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Community Education
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- Equipment Depot
- Ed2Go
- HealthPRO Heritage
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Illinois Department of Transportation
- Learning Resources Network (LERN)
- Sylvan Learning
Center for Global Education and Engagement
- Asociación Mexicana para la Educación Internacional (AMPEI) — Member
- Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) — Member
- Forum on Education Abroad (FEA) — Member
- Institute for International Education (IIE) — Member
- International Educators of Illinois (IEI) — Member
- Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education (MIIIE) — Member
- NAFSA: Association of International Educators — Member
Enrollment Services
- American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) — Member
- Association of Veteran Education Certifying Officials (AVECO) — Member
- Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) — Member
- Illinois Alliance for Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (ILACEP) — Member
- Illinois Association for College and Admissions Counselors (IACAC) — Member
- Illinois Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (IACRAO) — Member
- Illinois Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (ILASFAA) — Member
- Illinois Community College Admissions and Records Officers Organization (ICCAROO) — Member
- Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA) — Member
- National Alliance for Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) — Member
- National Association for College and Admissions Counselors (NACAC) — Member
- National Association of Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) — Member
- National Association of Veteran Program Administrators (NAVPAA) — Member
- National College Testing Association (NCTA) — Member
- Study Illinois — Member
Harper Business Solutions
- AchieveForum
- Development Dimensions International (DDI)
Health Careers
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
- Alliance for Massage Therapy Education (AFMTE)
- American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
- American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE)
- Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS)
- Illinois Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (IAND)
- Illinois Fire Chiefs Association (IFCA)
- Illinois Fire Inspectors Association (IFIA)
- Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal (IL OSFM)
- Illinois Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI)
- International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC )
- International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD)
- International Fire Code (IFC)
- International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INASCL)
- International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI)
- Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)
- National Fire Academy Alumni Association (NFAAA)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- National League of Nursing (NLN)
- North Suburban Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (NSAND)
- Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN)
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSIH)
- United States Fire Administration (USFA)
Liberal Arts
- American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Association of Illinois Music Schools (AIMS)
- Broadcast Education Association (BEA) — Member
- DSCOOP — Member
- Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) — Member
- Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA) — Member
- Idealliance (IDEA) — Member
- Illinois Communication and Theatre Association (ICTA)
- Illinois Council of Orchestras (ICO)
- Illinois Higher Education Art Association (IHEAA)
- Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages–Bilingual Education (Illinois TESOL‑BE / ITBE)
- Illinois Theatre Association (ITA)
- Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS)
- International Sculpture Center (ISC) — Member
- League of American Orchestras (LAO)
- National Communication Association (NCA)
- Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) — Member
- Printing United Alliance (PrUA)
- Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA)
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- Theatre Communication Group (TCG)
Mathematics and Science
- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
- Airline Flight Dispatch Association
- American Academy of Actuaries (AAA)
- American Arachnological Society (AAS)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Association of Anatomists (AAA)
- American Association of Geographers (AAG)
- American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
- American Astronomical Society (AAS)
- American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Chemical Education
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
- American Council on Exercise (ACE)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Kinesiology Association (AKA)
- American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- American Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC)
- American Meteorology Society (AMS)
- American Physical Society (APS)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- American School Health Association (ASHA)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- American Society of Microbiologists (ASM)
- American Sport Education Program (ASEP)
- American Statistical Association (ASA)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Association for the Education of Teachers of Science (AETS)
- Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
- Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE)
- Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG)
- Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
- Botanical Society of America (BSA)
- Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)
- Chicago Section American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
- Committee on Chemistry of the Two Year College (COCTYC)
- Division of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society (2YC3)
- Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC)
- Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)
- Ecological Society of America (ESA)
- EDS PLM Solutions
- Entomological Society of America (ESA)
- European Astronomical Society (EAS)
- Explorers Club (EC)
- Geological Society of America (GSA)
- Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS)
- Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers (IACT)
- Illinois Association of Community College Biologists (IACCB)
- Illinois Audubon Society (IAS)
- Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM)
- Illinois Education Association (IEA)
- Illinois Lake Management Association (ILMA)
- Illinois Learning Specialist and Development Educators (ILSADE)
- Illinois Mathematics Association of Community Colleges (IMACC)
- Illinois Mathematics Teacher Educators (IMTE)
- Illinois Mycological Association (IMA)
- Illinois Native Plant Society (INPS)
- Illinois Orchid Society (IOS)
- Illinois Ornithological Society (IOS)
- Illinois School Health Association (ISHA)
- Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA)
- Illinois Section America Association of Physics Teachers (ISAAPT)
- Illinois Section of the Mathematics Association of America (ISMAA)
- Illinois State Academy of Science (ISAS)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (MS)
- International Astronomy Union (IAU)
- Mathematics Association of America (MAA)
- Metropolitan Mathematics Club of Chicago (MMC)
- National Association for Developmental Education (NADE)
- National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)
- National Association for Sports Medicine (NASM)
- National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
- National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW)
- National Association of Rocketry (NAR)
- National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- National Parks Conservation Committee (NPCA)
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
- National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
- Natural Areas Association (NAA)
- Natural Lands Institute (NLI)
- Physics Northwest (PNW)
- Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)
- Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
- Science Education for New Civic Engagement Responsibilities (SENCER)
- Society for College Science Teachers (SCST)
- Society for Ecological Restoration
- Society for Public Education (SOPHE)
- Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
- Society of Economic Botany (SEB)
- Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE)
- Society of the Directed Energy Directorate (DEPS)
- STEP UP Physics Together
- TeX User's Group (TUG)
- The Coleopterists Society (TCS)
- U.S. Women in Nuclear (U.S. WIN)
- Women in Mathematics Education (WME)
- Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Resources for Learning
- American Library Association (ALA) — Member
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) — Member
- Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) — Member
- Illinois Community Colleges Online (ILCCO) — Member
- Illinois Library Association (ILA) — Member
- International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) — Member
- Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) Clearinghouse for Library Instruction — Member
- Midwest Writing Centers Association (MWCA) — Member
- Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges (NILRC) — Member
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) — Member
- Reaching Across Illinois Library Systems (RAILS) — Member
Student Affairs
- ACPA–College Student Educators International
- American College Health Association (ACHA)
- American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)
- Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA)
- Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA)
- Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
- Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) – Military Community of Practice — Member
- Department of Veterans Affairs – Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership (VITAL) Program
- Entertainment Services Technology Association (ESTA)
- Event Safety Alliance (ESA)
- Great Lakes Athletic Trainer's Association (GLATA)
- Honors Council of the Illinois Region (HCIR) — Member
- Illinois Community College Student Activities Association (ICCSAA) — Member
- Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association (IIFA) — Member
- Illinois Intramural Recreation Sports Association (IIRSA)
- NASPA–Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education
- National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA)
- National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU)
- National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS)
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
- National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)
- National Athletic Trainer's Association (NATA)
- National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA)
- National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) — Member
- National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA)
- National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
- National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA)
- Phi Rho Pi National Forensic Organization — Member
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society (Phi Phi Chapter) — Chartered Chapter
- Student Veterans of America – Center for Student Veterans and Military Connected Students — Member
- United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
- United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)
- Wellness Alliance
