The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) is a voluntary association of delegates from Catholic institutions of higher learning.

History

It was founded in 1899 by fifty-three delegates from

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colleges across the

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. There are 247 degree-granting Catholic

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institutions in the US. Currently the association includes more than 90% of accredited Catholic institutions of higher learning in the United States as well as over twenty international universities.ACCU Web site
/ref> The president or rector of each participating institution serves as voting representative to the ACCU. There is also collaboration with the

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (US ...

, the

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and various other agencies.

List of recent presidents

Monika Hellwig Monika Konrad Hildegard Hellwig (10 December 1929 – 30 September 2005) was a German-born British academic, author, educator and theologian, who spent much of her life in the United States. A former Religious Sister, she left her community to pu ...

, Ph.D. (1996–2005) * Richard Yanikoski, Ph.D. (2005-2010) * Michael Galligan-Stierle, Ph.D. (2010–2019) * Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, CM, Ed.D. (2019–Present)

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* {{Authority control # 1899 establishments in the United States Private and independent school organizations in the United States College and university associations and consortia in the United States