Types

  • Institutional memberships that are held in the name of the institution and transferable to anyone the institution may assign.
  • Individual memberships that are held in the name of an individual.

Memberships Policy

All memberships must be approved by the appropriate Dean, Director of Athletics, or Vice President or designee:

  • Memberships should be reviewed to determine whether an institutional membership is currently held by UNLV.
  • State accounts may not be used for individual memberships.
  • Due to the diminishing level of return to the university, consider the following guidelines:
    • Total number of organization memberships for an individual.
    • University funds are not authorized for too many individual memberships to the same organization or if an institutional membership should be purchased to more prudently provide for institutional representation.

  • Are permitted to be paid from state funds.
  • Must be in the name and under control of the university.
  • PCard or are acceptable payment methods for payment.
  • Institutional membership payments must include the complete supporting materials that detail all fees and assessments.
  • Must be approved in writing by the Dean, Director of Athletics, or Vice President (email is acceptable).
  • Approval will certify that the membership is:
    • Not personal.
    • In the interest of the university.
    • Not a duplicate institutional membership.

  • Are not permitted to be paid from state funds.
  • Must be approved in writing by the Dean, Director of Athletics, or Vice President (email is acceptable).
  • Approval will certify that the membership is:
    • Not personal.
    • In the interest of the university.
    • A copy of written approval should be attached to the transaction.
  • PCard or are acceptable payment methods for payment only after obtaining the appropriate approval.
  • Employees can be reimbursed via expense reimbursement.
  • Individual membership payments must include the complete supporting materials that detail all fees and assessments.
  • Must be approved in writing by the supervisor (email is acceptable) and/or according to departmental requirements

Under the auspices of the Vice President for Business Affairs and the Executive Vice President and Provost the following institutional memberships are purchased centrally to the benefit of the university.

  • Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)
  • Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
  • American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
  • American Council on Education (ACE)
  • American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
  • Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
  • Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
  • Broadcast Music, Inc
  • Campus Compact
  • Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
  • Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (CUSU)
  • Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU)
  • Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR)
  • Global Music Rights
  • Henderson Chamber of Commerce
  • National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
  • National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
  • Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)
  • Network for Change and Continuous Innovation (NCCI)
  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCUU)
  • Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
  • Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition - New Venture Fund
  • University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) - Internet2
  • Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO)
  • Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

Questions on institutional memberships that receive central funding can be directed to fpba@unlv.edu