Memberships

American Academy in Rome
The Savannah College of Art and Design is an associate institutional member of the American Academy in Rome. Founded in 1894, the Academy exists to foster the pursuit of advanced research and independent study in the fine arts and humanities. The Academy awards the prestigious Rome Prize to select artists and scholars invited to Rome to pursue their creative goals in an atmosphere conducive to artistic innovation and progressive scholarship. More information about the Academy is available at aarome.org.

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is a nonprofit membership organization established in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education. Membership in ACSA has grown from 10 charter members to more than 250 institutions representing more than 7,000 architecture faculty, as well as more than 500 architecture firms, pro5duct associations and individuals working in support of ACSA’s goals. ACSA provides a forum for the exchange of ideas through facilitating scholarly meetings, workshops, publications, awards programs, support for architectural research, policy development and partnerships with like-minded organizations. More information about ACSA is available at acsa-arch.org.

Council for Higher Education Accreditation
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is a national advocate and institutional voice for promoting academic quality through accreditation. CHEA is an association of 3,000 degreegranting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. 

Cumulus Association 
The Savannah College of Art and Design is a member of Cumulus Association. Cumulus is the only global association specifically focused on art and design education and research. Cumulus aims to build and maintain a dynamic and flexible academic forum to bring together toplevel educational institutions from around the world. 

Learning Guild
The Learning Guild is a community of practice for those supporting the design, development, strategy, and management of organizational learning. As a member-driven organization, the Guild produces resources all devoted to the idea that the people who know the most about making learning successful are the people who produce learning every day in corporate, government, and academic settings. The Guild strives to create a place where learning professionals can share their knowledge, expertise, and ideas to build a better industry — and better learning experiences — for everyone.

European League of Institutes of the Arts
The Savannah College of Art and Design is a member of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), an independent membership organization representing approximately more than 260 members in 48 countries. Founded in 1990, ELIA represents all arts disciplines, including architecture, dance, design, fine art, media arts, music and theater. Through its members, ELIA represents unique bodies of knowledge and facilitates dialogues, mobility and activities between artists, teachers, administrators, senior managers, key decision-makers and more than 300,000 students. 

Hong Kong Interior Design Association
Hong Kong Interior Design Association (HKIDA) is a non-governmental and nonprofit organization founded in 1991. The organization consists of interior design professionals, including designers, contractors, suppliers and other related bodies in interior architecture. HKIDA is committed to serving the needs of practitioners, students, industry partners and the general public. HKIDA’s major undertaking is to foster professionalism and design excellence. The organization develops codes of conduct and advocates creativity, technical innovation and craftsmanship. HKIDA actively engages in research and education, initiates regional competitions, and carries out activities at the community level. HKIDA works closely with various professional associations, academics, commercials and public sectors to further realize their goals.

Online Learning Consortium
The purpose of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is to help learning organizations continually improve quality, scale and breadth of their online programs according to their own distinctive missions so that education will become a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines. Created with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, OLC encourages the collaborative sharing of knowledge and effective practices to improve online education in learning effectiveness, access, affordability for learners and providers, and student and faculty satisfaction. OLC generates ideas to improve products, services and standards for the online learning industry, and assists members in collaborative initiatives. Members include 1) private and public universities and colleges, community colleges and other accredited course and degree providers; and 2) organizations and suppliers of services, equipment and tools that practice the OLC quality principles. 

Southeastern College Art Conference
The Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the promotion of art in higher education through facilitating cooperation among teachers and administrators in universities and colleges, professional institutions, and the community served by their institutions. 

U.S. Distance Learning Association
In 1987, the U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA) was founded on the premise of creating a powerful alliance to meet the burgeoning education and training needs of learning communities globally. USDLA supports the development and application of distance learning education and training by uniting learners around the world and serves the needs of the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information and opportunity for networking. USDLA is committed to being the leading distance learning association in the U.S.