Making the Case

Key Messages and Data • Making the Case Resources • Media Activity • Speeches and Addresses • Books and Reports •

	Books and Reports
	CIC’s Making the Case website provides useful publications by CIC and other organizations that detail vivid arguments for making the case.

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Twelve Facts that May Surprise You About America's Private Colleges and Universities
The new 2006 edition of this booklet, originally published by NAICU in March 2003, draws upon government data to document the surprising—and often counterintuitive—ways in which independent colleges are more affordable, diverse, and successful than many people realize. (2006)

Meeting the Challenge: America's Independent Colleges and Universities Since 1956
This book, prepared as part of the recognition of CIC's 50th anniversary, is comprised of three essays that detail the rich and vibrant history, and important ongoing contribution, of independent colleges and universities and CIC in American higher education since the 1950s. (2005)

Powerful Partnerships: Independent Colleges Share High-impact Strategies for Low-income Students' Success
Published by the Lumina Foundation for Education in collaboration with CIC, this book of essays by independent college and university presidents describes institutional efforts to promote access to and success in college for individuals from low-income families.(2004)

Report of a Symposium on the Liberal Arts and Business
This report highlights key issues discussed during a Fall 2003 Symposium at Elmhurst College and includes a series of reflections on the connections between liberal arts and business. (2004)

"Independent Colleges and Universities:
A National Profile"
This full-color booklet—co-sponsored by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, CIC, and the Foundation for Independent Higher Education—tells the story of America's private colleges and universities through facts, statistics, and six people with first-hand experience at these institutions. (2004)

The Value of a College Degree
Found on the American Council on Education’s ERIC database, this report by Kathleen Porter argues for the various benefits of a higher education degree despite rising college tuition and fees. (2002)

Advancing Small Colleges
The fourth in a series co-sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and CIC, this book is based on a survey of nearly 300 CIC members. The eight authors—Wesley K. Willmer, Rebekah Burch Basinger, Daniel A. Felicetti, Dana L. Miller, Georgia I. Douglas, Richard E. Bee, Marjorie R. Johnson, and Adam J. Morris—examine and synthesize survey data, presenting them in the context of their own advancement experiences. (2001)

Presidential Success Stories
In this collection of essays compiled by the Lumina Foundation for Education, the presidents of 13 independent colleges and universities highlight some of the most innovative practices from small colleges across the United States. (2000)