The purpose of Division J Postsecondary Education is to:

1. Provide an international forum to disseminate and discuss research, in order to advance research and theory on postsecondary education;
2. Maintain an important and vital link between researchers whose primary focus is on postsecondary education and those whose focus is on other educational levels;
3. Provide a formal AERA structure with which other organizations having an interest in postsecondary education could identify and interact;
4. Provide an organization and network for students entering the field of postsecondary educational research;
5. Provide communication linkages among postsecondary researchers for the identification of research priorities, the exchange of ideas and methods, and the facilitation of cooperative research and evaluation.