UPCEA is the leading association for professional, continuing, and online education. For more than 100 years, UPCEA has served most of the leading public and private colleges and universities in North America. Founded in 1915, the association serves its members with innovative conferences and specialty seminars, research and benchmarking information, professional networking opportunities and timely publications. Based in Washington, D.C., UPCEA also builds greater awareness of the vital link between contemporary learners and public policy issues.

• Access to research from our Center for Research and Strategy
• Members have access to CORe to get real-time advice, have questions answered and gain ideas from other members - Members also have access to our membership directory – Your CORe login credentials are the same as your member portal credentials.
• UPCEA’s weekly Briefing which is delivered to all members inboxes keeping the PCO community updated on trends and important information.
• Member content in CORe such as benchmarking studies, conference session slides, and webinars, both live and recorded.
• Ability to join one or more Networks that focus on the seven areas of professional, continuing and online education.
• Member pricing to our national and regional conferences.
• Member-only awards on the national and regional levels as well as for marketing efforts.

WCET (The Wiche Cooperative for Educational Technologies) is a national, membership-based, non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of effective practices and policies, advancing excellence in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education.

• All University of Montana administrators, staff, and faculty are invited to subscribe to WCET’s member-only email lists.
• WCETNews - WCET produces a compilation of national news related to higher ed and technology, in three categories – academic, technology and policy. It is a great way to stay on top of what is happening in higher ed and technology. Also, members can advertise job openings via WCET’s Friday Job Posts.
• WCETDiscuss - This is WCET’s moderated list for discussions. There are excellent exchanges and sharing via this list over a wide range of issues – from how instructional design is organized to adjunct faculty pay to the integration of web collaboration tools and more. WCET’s membership includes resources from institutions of all sizes and sectors across the country.
• WCET’s website is full of useful resources related to WCET’s primary focus areas.
• Examples of current issues include adaptive learning, credentials for 21^st Century, accessibility, academic integrity, IoT and VR, and state authorization.

Through UM’s Global Research Partnership with EAB, all staff at each of the UM affiliate campuses have membership access to EAB Global Research Forums, EAB Web conferences and other resources hosted at EAB.com. UM Affiliate campus staff may also participate in on-site presentations provided by EAB staff & hosted at UM, at the discretion of UM.

EAB Global Research Partnership Forums

All EAB Research Forums provide UM Affiliate campus staff with direct access to:

• On-Demand Best Practices: Our executive briefs, infographics, and online best practices library ensure you have the information you need when you need it.
• Change Management Resources: Move from insight to action with our implementation guides, benchmarking tools, plug-and-play templates, and more.
• Strategic Guidance at Scale: From national meetings to web conferences, it’s easy to engage with our research insights on timely topics.