The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU)
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) was founded in July 1970 as a national organization to serve its members, the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. The Association serves as a facilitator for various cooperative initiatives such as fostering Jesuit, Catholic identity and institutional and international collaboration, educating for a faith that does justice, supporting leadership initiatives, and developing a distance education network (JesuitNET). Through its various communication efforts and Conferences, AJCU provides a forum for the exchange of information and experiences in the lively world of Jesuit higher education today. For more information about AJCU, visit their website: http://www.ajcunet.edu.
The Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Book Awards, sponsored by AJCU and ΑΣΝ are open to all faculty and administrators, including emeritus faculty and administrators, who have published a book in the three years immediately prior to the year of the discipline. The books are judged by volunteer faculty members on the basis of scholarship, significance of topic to scholars across several disciplines, authority in interpretation, objectivity, presentation, and style. All entries are due by March 1 of the category year and awards are announced October 1.
The 2008 Competition will be in the category of "The Humanities" in which there will be four awards of $1,000 each. For more information on the history of the award and how to enter, click here.