Making the Case

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

Making the Case for Independent Higher Education

America’s independent colleges and universities are quite effective in enabling students to participate in and succeed in higher education. CIC’s purpose in creating this website is to compile the mounting evidence, organize it in a way that communicates the breadth of this message, and present it in a format that is both easy to understand and easily downloaded for other uses.

The Making the Case website has been made possible by generous grants from the William Randolph Hearst Foundations.

	Key Messages and Data
	Organized under six key messages, this main section contains a wealth of facts, charts, and statistics detailing the success of private higher education. (Click here for Site Index) (Click here for Webinar Presentation)

Making the Case Resources
CIC's toolkit of ideas, talking points, strategies, and other resources that help independent college and university leaders tell their institution's story.

	Media Activity
	Relevant articles, op-eds, and letters to the editor from local and national papers that make the case for independent higher education.

Speeches and Addresses
Compelling speeches and addresses from CIC presidents that voice the appeal and effectiveness of private higher education.

	Books and Reports
	Useful publications by CIC and other organizations that detail vivid arguments for making the case.

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