ACPA Position Statements
The ACPA International Office and Governing Board have worked together to construct position statements on areas within the political and social climate that impact higher education. These statements will serve as reference materials for those interested in understanding more about where ACPA stands on certain issues and current events.
We invite you to click on the links below to learn more about ACPA’s position on each topic. ACPA will continue to review, edit, and add to this list over time. If you have suggestions or feedback, please email us at [email protected].
Read Our Statements
- Access to Health Services on Campus
- Affirmative Action
- Affirming Access & Accessibility
- Affordability and Accessibility
- Budgeting, Allocations, and Tax Regulations In Higher Education
- Campus Safety
- DACA
- Development of Student Leaders and the Student Development Profession
- Disabilities and Higher Education
- Electoral Participation of College Students
- Freedom of Religion
- Freedom of Speech
- Funding & Finance
- Guns on Campus
- Higher Education Act Reauthorization
- Immigrant & International Students
- Mental Health
- Opioid/Drug Addiction on the College Campus
- Physical Activity
- Sexual & Gender Identity
- Social Justice
- Sustainability
- Title IX and Sexual Harassment and Assault on the College Campus
- Violence Against Women Act
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ACPA Policy Alert: The Implementation of new Title IX regulations
ACPA-College Student Educators International through its Task Force on Public Policy and Governmental Affairs is providing this Policy Alert in regards to the implementation of the new Title IX regulations in the United States. ACPA encourages our members working...
Enough is Enough
3/2/24 ACPA – College Student Educators International (ACPA) continues to be dismayed by the ongoing and systematic efforts to delegitimize the value and importance of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within Higher Education. The latest example reflects the...
Statement on Campus Free Speech and Expression
ACPA – College Student Educators International is concerned by the increasing restrictions being placed on campus free speech and expression. This concern is not new with the ongoing efforts taken in different U.S. states to limit the discussion of diversity, equity...
ACPA Policy Statement on Electoral Participation of College Students
ACPA - College Students International strongly believes in the importance and value of college students engaging in their constitutional right to participate in local, state and national elections in the United States. We believe that voting processes and procedures...
ACPA Receives 2023 Power of Associations Silver Award for the Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice & Decolonization
ACPA has earned a Power of Associations Silver Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for the Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization. ASAE’s Power of Associations Awards recognize the associations’ economic and societal...
SCOTUS Decision on Student Loan Forgiveness
ACPA College Student Educators International is disappointed in and frustrated by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Biden v. Nebraska related to the current administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness. The plan would have forgiven up to $10,000 in...
SCOTUS Decision on Affirmative Action
ACPA College Student Educators International vehemently opposes the U.S. Supreme Court 6-3 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc., v. University of North Carolina. As an...
Defending the critical work of DEI in Higher Education
ACPA - College Student Educators International expresses our profound sadness and alarm on the ongoing threats to the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within U.S. Higher Education. ACPA is committed to this work and to reinforcing the importance of...
Access to Health Services on Campus
One of the leading issues in higher education today has to do with the exponential growth in development of student health services. Increasing demands for these services has sparked conversation about the university's role in student health promotion. Investment in...
Higher Education Act Reauthorization
ACPA-College Student Educators-International, along with other notable organizations dedicated to the advancement of higher education, spoke out against the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act (PROSPER), or the next...