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Updates from Executive Leadership Academy and Senior Leadership Academy Cohorts
The Opening Seminar for the 2023–2024 Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) took place on June 26–28, 2023. CIC, AASCU, and AALI also sponsor the Senior Leadership Academy (SLA). Both ELA and SLA had a Closing Seminar for the 2022–2023 cohort in June 2023.Read More -
Belong Microcredentials Are Changing Campuses
CIC's Belong: An Inclusive Learning Community is well into its first year, and members of the Belong network are confirming that the programming is making a difference on campuses across the country. Faculty and staff are able to put into place actions to achieve tangible results.Read More -
CIC Gathers Five Cohorts of NetVUE Seminar Participants, Awards an Additional $1 Million in Grants
In June 2023, CIC’s Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) gathered participants from all five previous cohorts of its annual faculty seminar, Teaching Vocational Exploration, at an event known as RIPEN (Recognizing Innovations and Practices to Enhance NetVUE). In addition, CIC awarded NetVUE Vocation across the Academy Grants to 14 member institutions.Read More -
CIC Helps Member Institutions Reckon with the Legacies of Slavery
This summer, CIC offered two programs devoted to the legacies of American slavery in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center (GLC) for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University’s MacMillan Center. Both programs were part of CIC’s larger Legacies of American Slavery: Reckoning with the Past initiative.Read More -
New CIC Members Since June 2023
New CIC members and member name changesRead More -
Recommended Resources and Materials About the Sector
A list of recommended resources, including CIC's Digest of Recent ResearchRead More -
Council of Independent Colleges Selects 25 Institutions for Inaugural Work-Based Learning Consortium
July 2023 – Washington, DC (Updated August 2023) The Council of Independent Colleges has selected 25 member institutions to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Work-Based Learning (WBL) Consortium. The WBL Consortium will provide a national community of practice to support institutions in easing student barriers to internship access and job market preparation, particularly […]Read More -
Why I’m a Member
College presidents explain why their institutions are members of the Council of Independent Colleges.Read More -
36 Higher Education Leaders to Kick Off Executive Leadership Academy
AASCU and CIC today announced this year’s Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) participants. ELA is a yearlong program jointly sponsored by CIC, AASCU, and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI).Read More -
Remembering Barbara Hetrick
CIC is saddened to share the news that former CIC employee and higher education leader Barbara “Barbe” Hetrick passed away in June 2023. Hetrick served CIC from 2007 to 2021. During that time, she held a variety of roles including director of CIC grants solicitation and stewardship, vice president for development, and later as senior advisor for […]Read More -
New CIC Members since January 2023
New CIC members and member name changesRead More -
Legacies of American Slavery: Update on the Network
Spring 2023 updates from the Legacies of American Slavery networkRead More -
CIC Welcomes New Members to NetVUE, Awards Over $1.5 Million in Grants
Spring 2023 updates from NetVUE (Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education)Read More -
Belong: An Inclusive Learning Community Celebrates Three Months of Growth
Spring 2023 updates on Belong: An Inclusive Learning CommunityRead More -
Highlights from the First and Second 2023 Workshops for Department and Division Chairs
Highlights from Spring 2023 Workshops for Department and Division ChairsRead More -
Highlights from the Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission Program
Highlights from the Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission Program Winter Seminar in February 2023Read More -
CIC Hosts Multiple Webinars in Response to Member Priorities
In response to CIC member data and requests for more information about ongoing topics in the sector, CIC has hosted four webinars since January 2023.Read More -
CIC Elects New Members to Board of Directors
CIC elected five new members to its Board of Directors during the annual board meeting in January 2023.Read More -
CIC Staff Updates
An overview of recent CIC updates to the staffRead More -
Council of Independent Colleges Launches Consortium for Work-Based Learning
The WBL Consortium will integrate real-world, employer-designed projects into existing courses at 25 CIC member institutions to equip students with skills, real-world experiences, and professional connections to support their future careers.Read More -
NSF Supporting Cybersecurity & Privacy Education and Workforce Development
Cybersecurity and privacy research evolves constantly and rapidly to address current and emerging threats, and it is critical that educational and training curriculum evolve in lockstep with these advances. The National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program invites proposals for the EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) program to support research into formal or […]Read More -
NSF Virtual Grants Conference
Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Spring 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference, to be held during the week of June 5, 2023. Registration will open on Wednesday, May 10 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. Just like the in-person grants conferences, the NSF Virtual Grants Conference is designed to give key insights into a wide range of […]Read More -
Highlights from CIC Institutes
Highlights and Fast Facts from the 2022 Institute for Chief Academic Officers and 2023 Presidents InstituteRead More -
Forward-Looking Leaders
Plenary sessions at the 2023 Presidents Institute included "The Presidential Challenge: Race, History, and the Urgency of Action Now,” delivered by Eddie R. Cole, and The Design Thinking Workshop, presented by Dawan StanfordRead More -
Workforce Development
The 2023 Presidents Institute plenary session, “Anticipating Workforce Needs,” featured Bay Area and Silicon Valley industry and tech experts to discuss how independent colleges and universities can prepare students with the skills they need to succeed in the workforce of today and throughout long careersRead More