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In response to CIC member data and requests for more information about ongoing topics in the sector, CIC has hosted four webinars since June 2023.

The 2023–2024 CIC State Councils Scholarship Challenge Grant has been conditionally awarded to many State Council organizations in the total of $176,000.

CIC’s Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) is accepting proposals for a new grant of up to $40,000. CIC has also announced the opening of registration for the 2024 NetVUE Conference.

CIC is piloting a Corporate Affiliate program to provide members with discounted services and products and, at the same time, encourage companies to invest in the independent higher education sector. CIC is excited to announce two initial offerings.

With so many reports about the challenges of independent colleges, CIC would like to highlight a sampling of member institutions that shared with us that they surpassed their enrollment goals.

As independent institutions continue to add new programs and areas of study to appeal to more students, many CIC members offer more than just bachelor’s degrees.

Most CIC members take advantage of at least one CIC network and a high percentage of institutions take advantage of multiple networks. CIC offers these networks to advance your institution’s goals, mission, and priorities.

The fall season of NetVUE’s blog, Vocation Matters, is underway!   The slate of new bloggers includes Kerry Hasler-Brooks, associate professor of English and chair of the department of language, literature and writing at Messiah University, whose first post is titled, “Seeking the Irrelevant.”  Justin Klassen, associate professor of theology and religious studies at Bellarmine […]

At the heart of Paul Hanstedt’s recent book, Creating Wicked Students: Designing Courses for a Complex World, is the big idea that professors need to find ways in their courses to help students claim authority over their learning. And there is no time to waste.  Hanstedt argues in the book, published by Stylus in 2018, that our […]

NetVUE will host the premier national gathering on vocation and calling in higher education in Atlanta on March 21–23, 2024. The lineup of plenary speakers and concurrent sessions was recently announced at the link below. Because the Conference is funded through NetVUE dues, each member institution can send a three-person team for a nominal registration fee of […]