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  • Home
  • About
    • CECU Staff
    • State Associations
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
    • Campaign to Create 5M Career Professionals
  • Membership
    • Education Membership
    • Allied Membership
    • Associate Membership
    • International Membership
    • Financial Advisory Council
    • Affinity Programs
    • Student Success Stories >
      • 2019 Student Success Stories
      • 2018 Student Success Stories
  • Advocacy
    • Legislation >
      • Legislation Against the Sector
      • Protect Veterans' Access
      • Short-Term Pell Grants
      • Higher Education Act
    • Regulation >
      • Accreditation & Innovation
      • Borrower Defense to Repayment
      • Gainful Employment
      • State Authorization
    • PAC
    • Government Relations Resources >
      • Appropriations & Budget
      • Federal Financial Aid
      • Grassroots Toolkit
      • Military & Veterans Education
      • Regulation Links
      • GR Newsletter
    • Issue Briefs
    • Veterans
    • Coronavirus >
      • COVID19 Webinars
      • Grant Guide
  • News
  • Events
    • CEO Summit
    • Convention
    • Hill Day
    • Leadership Institute
    • Let VETS Choose
  • Resources
    • CECU Resource Center
    • CECU Webinars
    • Professional Certification
    • Book - Success Story

CECU Membership

The Sector’s National Voice
Outcomes that benefit our Students, our Schools, our Sector!

The postsecondary career education sector consists of schools engaged in the delivery of occupational skills leading to real jobs, real wages, and a real chance for personal/professional success. We are a proud sector of higher education, meeting the needs of millions of students – all ages and backgrounds – seeking specific career skills and credentials.

Today, CECU serves as the national voice for this noble work. Representing over 500 educational institutions, CECU promotes, defends, and protects postsecondary career education. CECU serves all schools licensed by the states; accredited by a recognized accreditor; and eligible to participate in the federal government’s Title IV Financial Aid programs.

Your membership in CECU is your commitment as a citizen of the sector. It reflects a recognition that we must speak with one voice, articulate one agenda, and advocate through a united and common message. CECU conducts research, develops policy, and defends the sector from Congress to the Executive branch and when necessary, in the courts.
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Everyone benefits from the work of CECU. As a citizen of this sector, you owe it to yourself and others to become a member of the CECU family of schools. ​

​Results Matter!

Your membership has achieved:

- For 10 years, CECU led the fight against a targeted assault on the sector known as Gainful Employment challenging the theory of a debt/earnings ratio as the criteria for academic quality. Today, the Gainful Employment Rule has been replaced with a common set of outcome metrics for all programs at all schools!
- A new Borrower Defense to Repayment rule provides fairness and due process for students and schools.
- Gallup research shows that our students increase their annual earnings by 62% after completion of programs in our schools.
- CECU members have a graduation rate of 59.4% -- almost 3 times higher than primary on-line schools; and/or 2-year public schools.
- A 10-year Campaign to Create 5 Million Career Professionals has produced over 1,227,129 new professionals in the first 2 years!
- CECU is the leading voice protecting Veterans’ access to postsecondary career education.
- Membership produces outcomes that benefit the entire sector.

​Membership provides opportunities for individual and collective growth.

​Membership:

For the 3rd consecutive year, CECU has held the line on membership rates. Our current Education Member dues are based upon a school’s gross tuition revenues. The current dues structure asks for less than ¼ of 1% of such revenues! You can calculate your dues by using this table.

Membership Types:
We offer the following Membership options:
  • Education Member
  • Several Allied Member package options 
  • International Member
  • Affinity Member
  • Associate Member
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Education Membership
Allied Membership
Associate Membership
International Membership
Financial Advisory Council
Affinity Programs

Membership Applications
Allied Member
Associate member
education member

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For a list of CECU’s current education and/or allied membership, please contact Membership@Career.org.​
​​For more information, or to talk with a CECU Staff member regarding potential membership, please contact Membership@Career.org.
Contact
Career Education Colleges and Universities
​1530 Wilson Boulevard | Suite 1050 | Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 571-970-3941 | Fax: 571-970-6753 | Privacy

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