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CIC President To Serve on the Future of the Church-Related University Advisory Board
The Lilly Fellows Program, based at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN, in partnership with Indiana Wesleyan University’s Lumen Research Institute in Marion, IN, announces the establishment of the “Future of the Church-Related University” consultation and that CIC President Marjorie Hass will serve on the advisory board. Over the course of the last decade, the landscape […] -
Council of Independent Colleges Begins Pilot Corporate Affiliate Program with Two Initial Offerings
The Council of Independent Colleges 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. -
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 […] -
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). -
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 […]
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CIC President To Serve on the Future of the Church-Related University Advisory Board
The Lilly Fellows Program, based at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN, in partnership with Indiana Wesleyan University’s Lumen Research Institute in Marion, IN, announces the establishment of the “Future of the Church-Related University” consultation and that CIC President Marjorie Hass will serve on the advisory board. Over the course of the last decade, the landscape […] -
Council of Independent Colleges Begins Pilot Corporate Affiliate Program with Two Initial Offerings
The Council of Independent Colleges 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. -
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 […] -
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). -
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 […]
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2023 NetVUE Gathering at Waynesburg University: Vocational Exploration in the Classroom
This event will provide faculty members with concrete strategies for vocational exploration and reflection that they can integrate into their teaching. Participants will reflect on their definition of vocation, share current practices, and discuss innovative methods for helping students make connections among coursework, service, and career goals. -
An Introduction to Student Ally: A Title IX Solution
As you know, Title IX requirements have expanded dramatically in the last 5 years, as have student and parent expectations regarding safety and support resources. While state universities have created and staffed new departments to mitigate the risk of Title IX liabilities, the tools that CIC member institutions need to keep pace haven’t always been available. -
2023 Foundation Conversation
The Foundation Conversation is an annual meeting of dialogue for corporate and private foundation officers and leaders of liberal arts colleges and universities. -
2023 Institute for Chief Academic Officers with Chief Advancement and Chief Communication and Marketing Officers
This annually held meeting brings chief academic officers of independent colleges and universities together, and includes special programming for new CAOs and CAOs in their third and fourth year. This year's Institute will be jointly held with chief advancement and chief communication and marketing officers. -
Senior Leadership Academy
CIC and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI) are pleased to announce the 2023–2024 Senior Leadership Academy (SLA), a yearlong program for administrators in higher education who aspire to cabinet-level positions in independent colleges or universities.
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2023 NetVUE Gathering at Waynesburg University: Vocational Exploration in the Classroom
This event will provide faculty members with concrete strategies for vocational exploration and reflection that they can integrate into their teaching. Participants will reflect on their definition of vocation, share current practices, and discuss innovative methods for helping students make connections among coursework, service, and career goals. -
An Introduction to Student Ally: A Title IX Solution
As you know, Title IX requirements have expanded dramatically in the last 5 years, as have student and parent expectations regarding safety and support resources. While state universities have created and staffed new departments to mitigate the risk of Title IX liabilities, the tools that CIC member institutions need to keep pace haven’t always been available. -
2023 Foundation Conversation
The Foundation Conversation is an annual meeting of dialogue for corporate and private foundation officers and leaders of liberal arts colleges and universities.
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Elfred Anthony Pinkard
President in Residence, Council of Independent Colleges
Elfred Anthony Pinkard is president in residence at the Council of Independent Colleges. Previously he was president of Wilberforce University from 2018 to 2023. Earlier he served as executive vice president and provost at Wilberforce University, and as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Johnson C. Smith University. He also served as executive […] -
Jennifer Keating
Teaching Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Jennifer Keating serves as a teaching professor and the writing in the disciplines specialist at the University of Pittsburgh. She previously served as assistant dean for educational initiations in the Deitrich College for Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2020, Keating coauthored AI and Humanity (2020) alongside Illah R. Nourbakhsh. -
Nicholas Adams
Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Birmingham
Nicholas Adams is professor of philosophical theology at the University of Birmingham in England. He began his academic career as an expert on German Idealism and its impact on Christian theology, writing on the work of Jürgen Habermas (Habermas and Theology, 2006) and G. W. F. Hegel (Eclipse of Grace: Divine and Human Action in […] -
W. Carter Aikin
NetVUE Grant Director
Carter Aikinserves as the NetVUE grant director. He has primary responsible for administering CIC’s wide array of NetVUE grant programs, working on a half-time basis from Blackburn College, where he has served as professor and chair of philosophy and religion since 2014. He has led vocational initiatives at three different NetVUE member schools across his […] -
Sherita C. Ashmon
Director of State Council Programs and Networks Support, Council of Independent Colleges
Sherita C. Ashmon joined CIC in 2010 and is the director of State Council programs and networks support. She serves as the primary CIC liaison to State Council members and provides leadership and support to the core services offered by the State Council program. Before joining CIC, Sherita served as membership coordinator for the Community […]
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Elfred Anthony Pinkard
President in Residence, Council of Independent Colleges
Elfred Anthony Pinkard is president in residence at the Council of Independent Colleges. Previously he was president of Wilberforce University from 2018 to 2023. Earlier he served as executive vice president and provost at Wilberforce University, and as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Johnson C. Smith University. He also served as executive […] -
Jennifer Keating
Teaching Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Jennifer Keating serves as a teaching professor and the writing in the disciplines specialist at the University of Pittsburgh. She previously served as assistant dean for educational initiations in the Deitrich College for Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2020, Keating coauthored AI and Humanity (2020) alongside Illah R. Nourbakhsh. -
Nicholas Adams
Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Birmingham
Nicholas Adams is professor of philosophical theology at the University of Birmingham in England. He began his academic career as an expert on German Idealism and its impact on Christian theology, writing on the work of Jürgen Habermas (Habermas and Theology, 2006) and G. W. F. Hegel (Eclipse of Grace: Divine and Human Action in […] -
W. Carter Aikin
NetVUE Grant Director
Carter Aikinserves as the NetVUE grant director. He has primary responsible for administering CIC’s wide array of NetVUE grant programs, working on a half-time basis from Blackburn College, where he has served as professor and chair of philosophy and religion since 2014. He has led vocational initiatives at three different NetVUE member schools across his […]
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The NetVUE Consultation Program: Bethel College and Union College
“Why do you think, as such a small institution, you don’t know all that is going on with respect to vocation?” This was the question posed to Union College campus leaders by NetVUE Consultants this past March of 2023. Union College had a NetVUE Professional Development grant in recent years. Campus partners helped students consider […] -
President’s Message
Read more from CIC President Marjorie Hass about how CIC programs are developing leaders, supporting campus success, and serving as a leading voice of independent higher education. -
CIC Selects 25 Institutions for Inaugural Work-Based Learning Consortium
CIC announced in August 2023 the selection of 25 member institutions to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Work-Based Learning (WBL) Consortium, which will provide a national community of practice to support institutions in easing student barriers to internship access and job market preparation, particularly for students from under-represented groups. -
Updates from CIC’s State Councils Network
The State Councils Annual Conference, a convening of CIC’s State Council executives and their staff, provided a forum for face-to-face networking and an opportunity to share best practices with colleagues. CIC also announced this year’s State Councils grant recipients. These grants provide CIC/UPS Scholarships for use at every four-year private college and university in the State Councils network. -
Teaching Pre-Modern European Art in Context Seminar Updates
CIC’s annual Teaching Pre-Modern European Art in Context seminar took place on June 18–23, 2023, at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, TN. CIC faculty members in art history, the arts, and other disciplines who incorporate art history in their courses were invited to apply over the winter to participate.
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The NetVUE Consultation Program: Bethel College and Union College
“Why do you think, as such a small institution, you don’t know all that is going on with respect to vocation?” This was the question posed to Union College campus leaders by NetVUE Consultants this past March of 2023. Union College had a NetVUE Professional Development grant in recent years. Campus partners helped students consider […] -
President’s Message
Read more from CIC President Marjorie Hass about how CIC programs are developing leaders, supporting campus success, and serving as a leading voice of independent higher education. -
CIC Selects 25 Institutions for Inaugural Work-Based Learning Consortium
CIC announced in August 2023 the selection of 25 member institutions to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Work-Based Learning (WBL) Consortium, which will provide a national community of practice to support institutions in easing student barriers to internship access and job market preparation, particularly for students from under-represented groups.
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Student Ally
Your One Stop Title IX Solution Student Ally is a comprehensive compliance and safety platform designed to protect colleges from the single biggest liability in higher education – sexual misconduct claims – which cost schools over $1.5 billion in settlements last year alone. Developed in collaboration with independent colleges, Student Ally was built so that […] -
Core Education
Challenging Times in Higher Education Require Transformational Change The headwinds facing colleges and universities today are well known: the demographic shift, changing student needs, and the struggle to address financial challenges. We know that continuous cutting of expenses does not lead to prosperity and that business model transformation will require a new approach for the […] -
Why I’m a Member
College presidents explain why their institutions are members of the Council of Independent Colleges. -
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 […] -
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 […]
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Student Ally
Your One Stop Title IX Solution Student Ally is a comprehensive compliance and safety platform designed to protect colleges from the single biggest liability in higher education – sexual misconduct claims – which cost schools over $1.5 billion in settlements last year alone. Developed in collaboration with independent colleges, Student Ally was built so that […] -
Core Education
Challenging Times in Higher Education Require Transformational Change The headwinds facing colleges and universities today are well known: the demographic shift, changing student needs, and the struggle to address financial challenges. We know that continuous cutting of expenses does not lead to prosperity and that business model transformation will require a new approach for the […] -
Why I’m a Member
College presidents explain why their institutions are members of the Council of Independent Colleges.
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Senior Leadership Academy 2023–2024
The Senior Leadership Academy is a year-long program for mid-level administrators in higher education who aspire to senior leadership positions in independent colleges or universities. -
Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission 2023–2024
This program is designed to assist prospective presidents, along with their spouses or partners, to clarify their own sense of personal vocation, and to weigh it in the context of the missions of the institutions they might lead in the future. -
Executive Leadership Academy 2023–2024
The Executive Leadership Academy helps prepare experienced provosts and vice presidents to become successful presidents. It includes two national seminars, readings, webinars, individualized experiential activities, and structured mentorship experiences.
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Senior Leadership Academy 2023–2024
The Senior Leadership Academy is a year-long program for mid-level administrators in higher education who aspire to senior leadership positions in independent colleges or universities. -
Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission 2023–2024
This program is designed to assist prospective presidents, along with their spouses or partners, to clarify their own sense of personal vocation, and to weigh it in the context of the missions of the institutions they might lead in the future. -
Executive Leadership Academy 2023–2024
The Executive Leadership Academy helps prepare experienced provosts and vice presidents to become successful presidents. It includes two national seminars, readings, webinars, individualized experiential activities, and structured mentorship experiences.