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Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration

The Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) (Spanish: Consorcio para la Colaboración de la Educación Superior en América del Norte, French: Consortium pour la collaboration dans l'enseignement supérieur en Amérique du Nord) is a non-profit membership organization which advises and connects higher education institutions interested in establishing or strengthening academic collaborative programs in the North American region.

Consortium for North
American Higher Education Collaboration
  • Consortium pour la collaboration dans l'enseignement supérieur en Amérique du Nord (French)
  • Consorcio para la Colaboración de la Educación Superior en América del Norte (Spanish)

Sean Manley-Casimir

Fernando León-García

1994

Its core membership is composed by colleges and universities from Canada, the United States and Mexico. Since 2008, its membership has expanded to include participation of key higher education institutions from other countries.


CONAHEC fosters academic collaboration among higher educacion institutions and it has developed a successful partnership with the key national umbrella higher education organizations in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) region: the American Council on Education (ACE), the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and the Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior (ANUIES) from Mexico.


With more than 170 member institutions, today, CONAHEC is the largest and most comprehensive network of institutions from the NAFTA region, offering student exchanges, annual conferences, professional development programs, and direct advise to its members.

History[edit]

CONAHEC was founded in 1994 as the U.S.-Mexico Educational Interchange Project, co-convened by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and the Mexican Association for International Education (AMPEI). Later, in 1997, the organization adopted its current name and official trinational scope.

North American Student Exchange Program.

Online information services and institutional "matchmaking".

North American Higher Education Conference.

Student Organization of North America.

Regional executive workshops.

Intensive language, culture, and higher education immersion programs.

Specialized publications.

Faculty Mobility Program

CONAHEC member institutions have established a series of services, including:

Secretariat[edit]

CONAHEC is headquartered at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

1994-2012 - : Francisco Marmolejo

Executive director

2012-2018 - Executive director: Sean Manley-Casimir

Brock University

Canadian Bureau for International Education

Colleges and Institutes Canada

Georgian College

Langara College

McMaster University

Memorial University

Mount Royal University

Organización Universitaria Interamericana

Selkirk College

Universities Canada

University of Regina

University of the Fraser Valley

International education

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

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Official website

American Council on Education (ACE)

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

Colleges and Institutes Canada (CiCAN)

Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Enseñanza Superior (ANUIES)

NAFTA Secretariat website

North American Development Bank (NADBANK)