- Certain associations, societies, and groups shall be selected for institutional memberships to be paid from College funds. These memberships are in organizations principally structured for institutions and/or those organizations that affect institutional accreditation, as well as memberships that provide objective benefits to the College or any one of its units.
- Decisions on memberships to be paid from College funds shall be made annually through the College budget process; memberships not approved through the annual budget process shall not be paid from College funds, except by special approval of the President.
- A membership that includes a subscription or any other affiliated item or benefit is subject to the provisions of this policy.
- Individual faculty and staff membership in professional associations is encouraged but is not required. These individual memberships must be paid for by the faculty or staff member.