Navigating Your CECU Membership

​Thank you for supporting CECU through your membership!

This site outlines some of the resources available to you as a CECU member and how to access them. All staff in your organization have access to these resources. In addition, we encourage you to peruse the CECU Member Resource Center for a look at past event and presentation materials and the many partnerships CECU has created that you can benefit from!

Making the Most of Your Membership

MEMBER-ONLY EMAILS
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MEMBER-ONLY SOURCES
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Past Webinar Recordings
​Government Relations Updates
​Government Relations Archive

Member Benefits Overview

​Communications
  • Access to CECU’s best-in-class media relations, communications, and social media team to assist with local media and communications outreach.
  • Real-time updates on important news and information relevant to our sector.
  • Access to Career Education Review (CER), the Voice of Career Education, a publication that features articles addressing successful educational institution operations.
  • Receive the CER Daily News emails containing a comprehensive summary of career and higher education news, legislative and regulatory updates, CECU upcoming events, and more.
  • Access to CECU's podcast, Career Education Report.

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Government Relations
  • Access to top government relations professionals, grassroots training, and state partnerships to strengthen your advocacy efforts.
  • CECU has deep, bipartisan experience on Capitol Hill and with the U. S. Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs.
  • We will work with your school’s internal government relations leaders to strategize on best practices, campus site visits, and access to legislators.
  • You will have access to real-time information on legislative and regulatory issues of concern to our sector.
Research
  • CECU works with top-tier research firms and thought leaders to collect and analyze data to understand the cost-benefit and economic impact of legislation and regulations.
  • Data is collected through social, market, and custom research to develop recommendations that inform federal, state, and local policy decision-makers.
  • The association publishes reports, best practices, one-pagers, videos, and infographics that showcase the important role our schools have in educating veterans, workforce demand, skilled trades and frontline training, and underserved community populations.
  • CECU regularly evaluates research goals and priorities by engaging members, sector leaders, and policymakers.
​Professional Development
  • CECU hosts the top attended events in the sector including the Annual Convention, CEO Summit, Hill Day, and Leadership Institute.
  • Access to a robust Member Resource Center, including all past webinar recordings, event documents, government relations resources, and more.
  • Frequent webinars on important and timely topics are available to all staff at your institution.
  • Networking opportunities with other leaders in the sector.
  • CECU's Leadership Institute provides unmatched opportunities for your middle and senior managers to gain access to targeted professional development training.