About our members

ACTER may be for you if you are actively engaged in teaching, research and/or development activities related to education and training on a global basis for:

• agricultural, food and environmental education

• business

• family and consumer sciences

• industry marketing

• health

• technology

• tech prep

Within these areas, ACTER members serve adults, youth, and individuals with special needs in all levels and facets of education. Graduate students working toward degrees related to career and technical education are also welcome to join at a discounted student rate ( membership links are below!)

Our Purpose

The purposes of ACTER are to:
* To stimulate research and development activities related to career and technical education.
* To stimulate the development of training programs designed to prepare persons for responsibilities in research in career and technical education.
* To foster cooperative effort in research and development activities within the total program of career and technical education.
* To facilitate the dissemination of research findings and the diffusion of knowledge.

Benefits of membership

Join the Association for Career and Technical Education Research (ACTER) today! Support for research in career and technical education has never been more important and affiliation with ACTER is an important facet of that support. Your membership in ACTER brings to you the most up-to-date news and views about research in vocational education.

Membership entitles you to receive three issues of the Career and Technical Education Research, the Who’s Who in Vocational Education Research – membership directory, and abstracts of papers presented at national conventions.

Join Now

ACTER is always looking for good leaders to advance the aims and purposes of the organization. Consider serving the association as an elected officer or committee member.

The Association for Career and Technical Education Research (ACTER) has become part of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)’s New and Related Services Division—CTE Research. This move was discussed and approved by the ACTER membership at the business meeting in Phoenix, AZ, on November 29th, 2023.

Whether you are a current member of ACTE or not, it is easy to “JOIN ACTE” to include your membership with ACTE’s New and Related Services Division – CTE Research.

Finish filling out your basic information and state membership selection. Then select “ACTE CTE Research Section” and proceed to checkout.

The first ACTE division is always free, but if you have more than one it is an additional $10 for each.

(ACTER has used a third-party application JoinIt to manage your membership. You can rest assured that your financial information, personal contact info, and membership status are secure. If you receive a renewal reminder from them, you may use the steps above to renew your membership instead)

Questions about your membership?

CONTACT OUR MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

Dr. Xue Xing
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
xue.xing@unlv.edu