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 info@acpa.nche.edu.
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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A Call to Reforge the Historic Compact Between Higher Education and the Federal Government
On 14 May 2025, ACPA, in partnership with 52 higher education associations, signed on in support of the American Council on Education (ACE) community statement A Call to Reforge the Historic Compact Between Higher Education and the Federal Government. This statement...
A Statement from Chris Moody–Negotiated Rulemaking Session, 1 May 2025
Chris Moody, Ed.D., ACPA’s Executive Director, spoke in a public virtual hearing before the Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education on 1 May 2025. The purpose of the hearing was to provide feedback on ways to streamline higher education regulations...
Response to the Department of Education’s February 2025 Dear Colleague Letter
ACPA has joined over 65 higher education organizations in response to the Department of Education's February 14, 2025, Dear Colleague Letter regarding their new interpretation of what the SFFA vs. Harvard et al case means for the civil rights responsibilities of...
ACPA Statement on Member Well-Being
We are committed to the well-being of our members and ensuring that our collective work within higher education is valued. As an Association, we are non-partisan. This does not preclude us from raising concerns about policies and governmental actions that are...
Title IX Policy Alert
January 10, 2025 ACPA Policy Alert: Court Ruling on Title IX Regulations ACPA-College Student Educators International, through its Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Task Force, is providing this policy alert in regards to the current status of the 2024 Title IX...
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
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