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Welcome to AEE

The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) is a nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to experiential education and the students, educators and practitioners who utilize its philosophy. We strive to:

Connect educators in practical ways so that they have access to the growing body of knowledge that fuels their growth and development
Publish and provide access to relevant research, publications and resources
Raise the quality and performance of experiential programs through our accreditation program
Increase recognition of experiential education worldwide

Association Honors & Upcoming Events

AEE's Accreditation Calendar Photo Contest Winner for October is Sterling College, Craftsbury Commons, Vermont.

Sterling College's 300 acre boreal research forest
provides an ideal classroom for environmental studies.
Photographer: Pavel Cenkl

Sterling College is an environmentally focused, four-year, private college that combines traditional academics with experiential learning. Courses provide opportunities for experiential learning both in and out of the classroom. The average class size is 10. Sterling offers an integrated curriculum, a comprehensive internship program and global field studies to places such as Japan, Lapland, Nepal, Mexico, and Labrador. http://sterlingcollege.edu/

The 36th Annual International
AEE Conference is less than
30 days away!

Register now to save!

November 6-9, 2008, in Vancouver, Washington. General Conference Info.

Never been to an International AEE Conference?
Read AEE Board President Laurie Frank's article about the 2007 Conference keynotes and highlights

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New Resources

We are constantly adding new content to our Resources page (like research-based articles on Outdoor Orientation Programs), as well as new titles to our eStore...like the one below. Scroll to the bottom of this page—or head straight to the eStore—to read about titles currently being featured.

If you're an AEE member, you can save 10-40% on bookstore purchases. Think you have all the books you need? Check out the 12 new titles we added in August (more to come throughout the fall season)!

There are new titles by David Sobel and TA Loeffler, as well as beautifully illustrated updates of classics by Thoreau and Emerson.

Check out what's new by visiting our eStore, or simply download a list of all the books, DVDs and videos we currently carry!

Our Book Pages feature full descriptions and author bios of the titles available through our eStore.

Accreditation News

We would like to congratulate the following programs for receiving initial and continuing accreditation during the Accreditation Council meeting held in Little Rock, Arkansas,
in November 2007.

We commend these programs for their commitment to quality standards and practices of experiential education.

Initial Accreditation:

Rivers Way Outdoor Adventure Center
Bluff City, TN

Continuing Accreditation:

Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA

The Westminster Schools
Atlanta, GA

Second Nature Blue Ridge
Clayton, GA

Conditional Continuing Accreditation:

Sandia Prep
Albuquerque, NM

Eagle Rock School
Estes Park, CO

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