TheInternational Association of Chaplains in Higher Education (IACHE) is an international multifaith professional association for chaplains in higher education.
An international committee was formed to help plan the first Global Conference of chaplains in higher education held in Vancouver in 2000.
In planning towards the second Global Conference in Brisbane 2004, a new international committee was formed. This committee widened its charge and also began to work toward developing an international association.
In preparation for the Global Conference in Finland in 2008, another international committee was formed. In each of these instances, the members of the international committees were representatives nominated by national and regional chaplaincy associations. An initial draft of a constitution for an international association was prepared by Erich Von Dietze, chair of the international committee 2002–2006. The constitution below was first adopted in 2008 and has been revised by subsequent international committees (now the IACHE Executive Board) as needed to remain current with changes in the field.
IACHE Constitution The current IACHE constitution may be found here.