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*METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES:
The January 2002 issue of the Metropolitan Universities journal "Independent Institutions and Their Urban Missions" is dedicated to the work of the Implementing Urban Missions grant program, and contains articles written by each of the institutional teams, describing and analyzing key features of their respective projects. 2002, 112 pgs.

*Single copies of this issue are available from CIC (limited quantities on hand). For multiple copies, please contact: Metropolitan Universities, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, University College, 815 W. Michigan Street, UC 3169, Indianapolis, IN, 46202.

ADVANCING SMALL COLLEGES:
Strategies for Success
Edited by Wesley K. Willmer

Co-sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Council of Independent Colleges, this book helps leaders at small colleges evaluate and improve their advancement programs. 2001, 275 pgs.
To purchase this publication, visit the CASE website.

RECONSIDERING FACULTY ROLES
AND REWARDS:
Promising Practices for Institutional Transformation and Enhanced Learning
by Kenneth J. Zahorkski and Roger Cognard
edited by Michelle D. Gilliard

This report, Reconsidering Faculty Roles and Rewards: Promising Practices for Institutional Transformation and Enhanced Learning, summarizes results of a three-year CAPHE program, "Faculty Roles, Faculty Rewards, and Institutional Priorities." Through the program, which was supported by a $1 milliongrant from The Pew Charitable Trusts, 22 colleges and universities received grants to explore ways to clarify emerging new relationships between institutional mission and priorities and faculty roles and rewards. 1999, 64 pgs. Price: $15

THE INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY:
Colleges and Community Groups Helping Low-Income Youth Prepare for College - New report on the College/Community Partnership Program
by Mary-Mack Callahan
with editorial assistance from Ronald A. Wolk

This report, The Intentional Community: Colleges and Community Groups Helping Low-Income Youth Prepare for College, summarizes results of a six-year College/Community Partnership Program. This program was jointly administered by CAPHE and Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America's Dollars for Scholars Program. The program was supported by two separate $1 million grants from DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund. The report focuses on the efforts of 24 college/community partnerships to prepare low-income students for college. 1999, 40 pgs.Price: $15

DESIGNING THE FUTURE
A Collective Strategy for Independent Colleges and Universities

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JOURNEY TO SERVICE-LEARNING:
Experiences From Independent Liberal Arts in Colleges and Universities
by Robert L. Sigmon and Colleagues

Combining theory with practice, and drawing on the work of nearly 200 private liberal arts colleges and universities, this new book from CIC offers suggestions and strategies for faculty and administrators seeking to develop, structure, and sustain programs in service learning. 1996, 183 pgs. Price: $25

BUILDING BRIDGES
Meeting Institutional Needs by Collaboration Through Interinstitutional Exchanges
by Ida Rousseau Mukenge

This publication describes how exchanges can lead to meaningful institutional reform on multicultural campuses. The paper reports on nearly 30 exchanges of faculty and administrators in the CIC program Enhancing Black College Leadership, and makes a case for the benefits of exchanges between institutions as a means for building knowledge, fostering good will, increasing faculty development opportunities, and offering new cultural experiences for students. To view this publication as a PDF, click here. 1996, 23 pgs. Price: $7

LINKING SERVICE WITH LEARNING
by Robert L. Sigmon

This monograph provides a framework for campus discussions of service learning. The essay outlines several ways in which learning and service connect, maps key relationships, and suggests some kinds of campus conversations that may deepen understandings of this powerful avenue for learning. 1994, 8 pgs. Price: $7

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INDEPENDENT, LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES:
A summary and Analysis of Comparative Data
by Edward J. Barboni

This report in the Information Technology series surveys the present use of information technologies within independent colleges, using data from an annual survey by the College Entrance Examination Board and a summer, 1992, survey conducted jointly by CIC and CAUSE, the national association for the management of information in higher education. The paper also makes the case for an overall strategy for independent colleges of access to rather than acquisition of many key resources. Information technologies can be the mechanism to achieve such access. 1993, 42 pgs.Price: $10

THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CURRICULUM IN INDEPENDENT LIBERAL
ARTS COLLEGES

Reports the results of a survey of 50 colleges and universities with curricula in international business, including intensive study of 11 institutions and members of a regional consortium. Through data and anecdote, the report suggests that private liberal arts colleges and universities are leaders in developing and delivering educational programs in international business. 1993, 22 pgs. Price: $7

MARKETING HIGHER EDUCATION:
Handbook for College Administrators
by George C. Dehne, David L. Brodigan,
and Peter Topping.

This handbook provides theoretical models and nuts-and-bolts information on how to evaluate research and target markets. 1991, 124 pgs.Price: $18

ASSESSING INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS:
Redirecting the Self-Study Process
by Peter T. Ewell and Robert P. Lisensky

In the mid 1980s, 10 small liberal arts institutions took part in a CAPHE-funded project designed to improve the way colleges assess their effectiveness as institutions. The results of the project are summarized in this book, which also ncludes a set of practical recommendations for administrators. 1988, 110 pgs. Price: $16.95

A GOOD PLACE TO WORK:
Sourcebook for the Academic Workplace
by Ann E. Austin, R. Eugene Rice, Allen P. Splete, and Associates

This best-selling book is a practical guide to sustaining faculty morale. The Sourcebook includes many suggestions and strategies, as well as case studies of 10 institutions identified in a national CIC survey of faculty as having exemplary academic workplaces. 1991, 192 pgs.

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THE ACADEMIC WORKPLACE AUDIT
by Ann E. Austin, R. Eugene Rice and Allen P. Splete

Companion workbook to the Sourcebook; for assessing faculty morale. 1991.

Price: Sourcebook and Audit sold as a set for $22.50

In 1988, in conjunction with the United Negro College Fund, CIC launched a major national initiative with two broad goals: to improve leadership at private historically black colleges and universities and to forge closer ties between private HBCUs and other private liberal arts colleges. This report recounts the history and analyzes the effectiveness of the project, includes case studies of interinstitutional exchanges, and suggests next steps for further project activity. 1988, 54 pgs. Price: $ 12

The following titles are CIC special reports, available for $5 each.

TECHNOLOGY AND
THE LIBERAL ARTS:
Status Report on a National
Curriculum Program.
A report on CIC's six-year (1983-1988) project on "Technology and the Liberal Arts." 1989, 12 pgs.


PORTRAITS OF EXCELLENCE:
A Panoramic View of the Small American College.
Presents a series of individual institutional vignettes that, together, convey the diversity and vitality of CIC colleges. 1984, 17 pgs.


THE SMALL AMERICAN COLLEGE:
A Vital National Asset.
Examines small colleges in the framework of all of higher education,
and discusses their contributions to society as a whole. 1983, 8 pgs.

The following titles, published in the late 1970s and offered here at reduced prices, retain considerable value as references (quantities limited).

DESIGNING TEACHING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
Jack Lindquist, editor

Six widely experienced practitioners offer their insights in this introduction to instructional development. The book is a stimulating and informative resource tool for those concerned with improving the educational process. 1979, 309 pgs. This publication is no longer available.

DEVELOPING THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM:
A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators
by Arthur W. Chickering, David Halliburton, William H. Bergquist
and Jack Lindquist

This book emphasizes pragmatic, concrete designs for curriculum and for effecting curricular change. Offers theory, practice, models, and instruments in a wide range of curriculum development areas. 1977, 313 pgs. Price: $10

A HANDBOOK FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
(Volumes 2 & 3)
by William H. Bergquist and Steven R. Phillip

Volume 2 is designed to aid improvement of teaching and learning by presenting both theoretical guidelines and practical suggestions for faculty development. 1977, 313 pgs. Price: $11

Volume 3 ties the previous volumes into a definitive work. It focuses on instructional development and on personal and organizational development. 1981, 357 pgs. Price: $11

Volumes 2 and 3 are available as a set for $15

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