About FAHE
Purpose of the Friends Association of Higher Education is to strengthen the Quaker mission in Higher Education by:
- Providing a supportive relationship and opportunities for fellowship among all who share Quaker ideals of higher education, whether on Quaker or non-Quaker campuses.
- Enhance member’s appreciation of Friends religious heritage and nurturing the individual and corporate search for Truth.
- Lending support to the Quaker ideal of integrating spiritual commitment, academic excellence, and social responsibility.
- Lending support and encouragement to scholarly research directed toward perceiving and achieving a more perfect human society.
- Helping to clarify and articulate the distinctively Quaker vision of higher education, in terms of both curriculum and teaching.
- Assisting Friends Colleges in their efforts to affirm their Quaker heritage.
- Fostering greater communication and cooperation among Friends educational institutions and the various Friends constituencies to which they may be connected.
FAHE Membership
In addition to our institutional members, FAHE includes individual members — faculty and staff at Quaker institutions, Friends teaching at other schools, and others who advocate for instilling Friends testimonies and values in higher education.
FAHE members are the lifeblood of our organization, lending their talents and experience to our annual conference planning, publications and creating a network of educators advancing Quakerism in higher education worldwide. Member benefits include our informative bimonthly newsletter; Quaker Higher Education, our biannual online journal, and publishing and presenting opportunities.
Individual dues are $85 per year (special rates for adjunct faculty, independent scholars, and students). Dues may be submitted online.
Earlham College, an independent, residential college, aspires to provide the highest-quality undergraduate education in the liberal arts and sciences, shaped by the distinctive perspectives of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
