Institutional Membership
Benefits
Institutional Members receive the same benefits as Individual Members
and more:
- Free and Discounted Individual Memberships: Receive free and discounted individual memberships for your staff members, including a free student membership.
- Group Discount at the Annual Meeting: Receive free annual meeting registrations when multiple registrations are purchased!
- Free Publication: Receive a copy of the invaluable publication Vision Into Action: Tools for Professional and Program Development Based on the Standards of Practice for Health Promotion in Higher Education —a $70 value for free!
- Highest Discount on Publications: In addition to the free publications mentioned above, you'll also receive up to a 70% discount on our series of health information brochures.
- Discounts on Surveys, Data, and Resources: Receive substantial savings on participation in the ACHA-National College Health Assessment, ACHA Consultation Services, and the ACHA-Patient Satisfaction Assessment Service. These programs and services help you and your institution provide your students with the highest quality health services! Data from several other ACHA surveys are available at no charge.
- Free Selected Supplemental Resource Materials: ACHA produces toolkits to support your outreach programs. These toolkits address current issues and concerns.
The benefits received by both Institutional Members and Individual Members include:
- Free publications containing exclusive news and information on the college health field: Receive a free subscription to our quarterly Action newsletter, containing articles and updates about college health, and a free subscription to the Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students’ health — a $93 value! You also receive access to past issues of both publications at no cost.
- Notice of updates to ACHA’s Guidelines and Recommendations: These documents keep college health professionals up-to-date and provide position statements and recommendations that institutions can use to develop policies and procedures. As a member, you have the opportunity to provide comments/feedback on guidelines and recommendations that are under revision.
- Participation in ACHA committees that do nationally significant work and develop policy guidelines on varied issues, including advocacy; STIs; research; vaccine preventable diseases; alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs; HIPAA; ethics; campus violence; student health insurance; and more.
- Free automatic membership in regional affiliates: connect with colleagues in your area and stay abreast of regional college health activities and events.
- Enrollment in a professional interest section: connect with others in your specific scope of practice or area of expertise.
- Discount on publications: Save up to 25% on our series of health information brochures. Save up to 35% on publications to further your professional development.
Individual members also have the opportunity to:
- Save up to 35% on the registration fee for ACHA annual meetings, the college health event of the year
- Save up to 50% on ACHA's Online CE programs.
- Access the searchable membership directory, section communications, comments/surveys, and other networking services.
- Stay up-to-date via blast email on important college health and association information.
- Apply for funding, grants, and monetary prizes from the American College Health Foundation.
Cost of Institutional Membership for 2012
Membership in ACHA is based on the calendar year. Upon payment of full annual dues, your membership will be current through December 31 of this year, with the following exception:
- If you are applying during the period of July 1 through September 30, your dues will be prorated and current through December 31 of this year. See the membership application form for prorated dues amounts.
- If you are applying during the period of October 1 through December 31, you will pay full annual dues, but will receive the remainder of this year free and your membership will be current through December 31 of next year.
Note: The maximum institutional dues (base fee + additional dues based on health service budget) is $2,000. There is a one-time application fee of $25.
Base Dues |
$375 |
Additional Dues: (.0009 x Health Service Budget) = |
+ $__________ |
Total Annual Dues |
= $__________ |
Ready to Join ACHA? Download a membership application [pdf].
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