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