Building Community Serving Our Members
CIC strengthens independent colleges and universities and supports campus leaders on current and pressing priorities in higher education.
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2024 Workshops for Department and Division Chairs
The 2024 Workshops for Department and Division Chairs will focus on effective strategies to develop leadership skills and an institution-wide vision in the context of uncertainty and change.Read More -
2024 NetVUE Conference
This spring, leaders from NetVUE member institutions will gather to consider how they might strengthen their support of undergraduate students as they explore their many callings in life. Students and educators alike are being called to contribute to the common good, to engage with our communities, and to lead in the midst of division. Our callings are not just our own; they are vocations for the life of the world.Read More -
Tuition Exchange Program (CIC-TEP)
CIC–TEP is a network of CIC member colleges and universities that are willing to accept as students, tuition-free, full-time employees and their family members. Nearly 440 colleges and universities from 47 states and seven countries are participating.Read More -
2024 Presidents Institute Resources
Resources from the 2024 Presidents Institute are now available online.Read More -
Online Course Sharing Consortium
The CIC Online Course Sharing Consortium allows member institutions to support student success, expand curriculum, drive enrollment, and generate new revenue by sharing courses with trusted partners online.Read More -
CIC Member Directory
Explore a map and search a listing of CIC, TEP, and NetVUE members.Read More
ABOUT CIC
What is an Independent College?
Simply defined, “independent” institutions are governed by boards of private citizens and operate independent of government control. They are nonprofit organizations supported primarily by tuition revenue, philanthropic gifts, and grants from foundations.
Learn MoreBelong: An Inclusive Learning Community
Belong is a network of CIC member colleges and universities dedicated to making their campuses more welcoming and inclusive. Designed in partnership with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), Belong offers a suite of professional development resources for faculty and staff to support student belonging in class and campus-wide.
Belong works in concert with your campus’s distinctive mission and values, equipping faculty and staff with evidence-based skills and knowledge that increase student belonging and advance campus retention efforts.
FAST FACTS
CIC Shows Strength in Numbers
Insights, News, & Research
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CIC President Marjorie Hass Receives Award from American Council on Education (ACE)
The ACE Donna Shavlik Award highlights an individual who has demonstrated a sustained commitment to advancing women in higher education through initiatives enhancing leadership and career development, campus climate, and mentoring.Read More -
Lilly Endowment Inc. Bestows $500,000 Grant to Support CIC’s Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Communications and Growth
In November 2023, CIC received a grant of $500,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant will support an ambitious communications capacity-building project, “Telling the Story of Vocational Exploration in Independent Higher Education,” that highlights CIC’s Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) and the network’s growth and positive impact.Read More -
Highlights and Fast Facts from CIC Institutes
Highlights and Fast Facts from the 2023 Institute for Chief Academic Officers and 2024 Presidents InstituteRead More -
2024 Presidents Institute
The 2024 Presidents Institute affirmed a shared commitment to the essential role of higher education in fostering civic values at a time and place in which higher education is at the center of intense political debate.Read More
Upcoming Events
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2024 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs – Jacksonville, FL
CIC offers the annual Department and Division Chair Workshops to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities. -
2024 NetVUE Gathering at Calvin University: Vocation, Higher Education, and the City
This NetVUE regional gathering brings together colleges and universities, community partners, and city officials to explore the vocation of an institution of higher education as it relates to the city in which it resides. City officials and community leaders will share perspectives on civic engagement at colleges and universities, and will consider the impact—both positive and negative—that this work can have on the community. Using Grand Rapids as a model, participants will discuss best practices and lessons learned for relationships between higher education institutions and their cities, and for exploring civic engagement and place-based learning with students. -
2024 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs – Baltimore, MD
CIC offers the annual Department and Division Chair Workshops to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities.