Programs

Program Search

2019 NetVUE Conference

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2019-netvue-conference

The 2019 NetVUE Conference will address the theme, “Broadening the Scope of Vocational Exploration.” The goal of NetVUE is to provide a nationwide campus-supported network to foster the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation among college and university students.

2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

Louisville, KY

http://cic-web01/programs/2019-netvue-conference/resources, View Resources

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2020 Foundation Conversation

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2020-foundation-conversation

The Conversation between Foundation Officers and College and University Presidents is a biannual meeting of dialogue for corporate and private foundation officers and presidents of liberal arts colleges and universities.

2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Virtual Event

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2021 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2021-department-chair-workshop-april

CIC offers the annual Department and Division Chair Workshops to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities.

2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

Leadership Development;Past Program

2021 State Councils Annual Conference

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2021-state-councils-annual-conference

The State Councils Annual Conference provides state executives and fundraising staff with a forum for face-to-face networking and an opportunity to share best practices with colleagues.

2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

Virtual Event

For State Council Members;Past Program

2021 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2021-department-chair-workshop-may

2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

Leadership Development;Past Program

2021 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2021-department-chair-workshop-june

2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

Leadership Development;Past Program

2021 NetVUE Regional Gathering - Dominican University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2020-netvue-regional-gathering-dominican

This NetVUE gathering addresses questions through substantive workshops that emphasize interactive engagement. These workshops will be framed by plenary sessions, breakout sessions, and a wide range of opportunities for networking and discussion.

2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

River Forest, IL

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

Senior Leadership Academy 2021–2022

https://www.cic.edu/programs/senior-leadership-academy/current

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.

2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

Louisville, KY

Leadership Development;Past Program

2021 Institute for Chief Academic Officers with Chief Student Affairs and Chief Diversity Officers

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2021-cao-institute

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.

2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Louisville, KY

http://cic-web01/programs/2021-cao-institute/resources, View Resources

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2021 NetVUE Regional Gathering - AAR/SBL Annual Meeting

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2021-netvue-regional-gathering-aar

Faculty members and scholars in theology and religious studies will gather to explore the ways that their undergraduate classrooms can become sites for deeper conversations about issues of justice.

2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

San Antonio, TX

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2022 Presidents Governance Academy

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-presidents-governance-academy

A program to help CIC member presidents strengthen president-board relations by aligning board practices, policies, and bylaws to effect strategic change.

2022-01-03T05:00:00Z

2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

Marco Island, Florida

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2022 Presidents Institute

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-presidents-institute

The Presidents Institute is an annually held meeting for presidents of independent colleges and universities that includes programs for new presidents and for spouses.

2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

Marco Island, Florida

http://cic-web01/programs/2022-presidents-institute/resources, View Resources

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2022 NetVUE Conference

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-netvue-conference

The 2022 NetVUE Conference will address the theme, “Called into Community: Vocation, Engagement, and Difference.” The goal of NetVUE is to provide a nationwide campus-supported network to foster the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation among college and university students.

2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

2022-03-26T04:00:00Z

Dallas, TX

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

Virtual Symposium

https://www.cic.edu/programs/legacies-of-american-slavery/2022-symposium

The Symposium is open to all members of CIC campus communities, but of particular interest to faculty members, administrators, students, and community partners with a research, curricular, or personal interest in the legacies of slavery.

2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

For Campus Leaders;For Faculty Members;Past Program

2022 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs - Greenville, SC

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-department-chair-workshop-greenville

2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

Leadership Development;Past Program

2022 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs - Pittsburgh, PA

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-department-chair-workshop-pittsburgh

2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

Leadership Development;Past Program

2022 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs - Columbus, OH

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-department-chair-workshop-columbus

2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

Leadership Development;Past Program

NetVUE Regional Gathering - St. Norbert College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2020-netvue-regional-gathering-st-norbert

This gathering will consider strategies for faculty engagement—including past successes, present-day obstacles and opportunities, and fresh ideas for the future. Campuses are encouraged to send teams that include at least one faculty member and at least one professional whose portfolio includes the recruitment of faculty members for these efforts.

2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

De Pere, WI

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2022 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs - Phoenix, AZ

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-department-chair-workshop-phoenix

2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Leadership Development;Past Program

Executive Leadership Academy 2021–2022

https://www.cic.edu/programs/executive-leadership-academy/current

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.

2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

Leadership Development;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Teaching Vocational Exploration

https://www.cic.edu/programs/teaching-vocational-exploration/current

Participants will learn to strengthen the teaching of vocational exploration by probing a variety of understandings of vocation and their importance in educating undergraduates, by developing new courses or course materials, and by establishing a broader network of faculty members committed to teaching vocational exploration.

2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

Deliberation & Debate: Advancing Civil Discourse through Courses for First-Year Students

https://www.cic.edu/programs/civil-discourse

The workshop will hone the skills of faculty members who teach courses for first-year students; support the development of new courses; and build a network of faculty members across institutions who prepare students for the challenges, diversity, and disputes about ideas that are elements of a rigorous liberal arts education.

2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

For Faculty Members;Past Program

NetVUE Regional Gathering - Assumption University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-netvue-regional-gathering-assumption

This NetVUE regional gathering of colleagues in the natural sciences and in pre-professional health sciences and nursing programs will provide a space to discuss best practices for initiating and nurturing mentoring relationships that help diverse populations of students discern callings in STEM and pre-professional (nursing, health sciences) fields.

2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

2022-09-24T04:00:00Z

Worcester, MA

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2022 Foundation Conversation

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-foundation-conversation

2022-10-03T04:00:00Z

Virtual Event

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uaKiqczOTw2f88L6UMAHqw, Register Now

For Campus Leaders

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NetVUE Regional Gathering - Schreiner University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-netvue-regional-gathering-schreiner

The event is designed to create space for considering where an institution’s saga begins and ends, how it includes (or excludes) particular individuals and groups, and how the story is presented to others.

2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

Kerrville, TX

For NetVUE Members

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Senior Leadership Academy 2022–2023

https://www.cic.edu/programs/senior-leadership-academy

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.

2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

Dallas, TX

https://my.cic.edu/Programs/Nomination-Process/Nomination-Process-New?programid=3CC0070C-158C-EB11-80DF-00155D056E08, Apply Now

Leadership Development

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2022 Institute for Chief Academic Officers with Chief Financial and Chief Enrollment Officers

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-cao-institute

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 financial and chief enrollment officers.

2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

Dallas, TX

http://cic-web01/programs/2022-cao-institute/register, Register Now

For Campus Leaders

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NetVUE Regional Gathering - Preceding the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2022-netvue-regional-gathering-aar

This event aligns with the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 theme (“Religion and Catastrophe”) and builds on NetVUE gatherings at AAR/SBL meetings in 2019 and 2021 (focusing on interreligious conversations and issues of justice).

2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

Denver, CO

https://my.cic.edu/Programs/NetVUE-Regional-Gatherings?meetingid=%7b780FC212-C332-ED11-9DB1-0022481E3AED%7d, Register Now

For NetVUE Members

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2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Registration Deadline

2023 Presidents Governance Academy

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2023-presidents-governance-academy

A program to help CIC member presidents strengthen president-board relations by aligning board practices, policies, and bylaws to effect strategic change.

2023-01-03T05:00:00Z

2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

San Francisco, California

http://cic-web01/programs/2023-presidents-institute/register, Register Now

For Campus Leaders

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2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Registration Deadline

New Presidents Program

https://www.cic.edu/programs/new-presidents-program

A leadership development program for college presidents in their first or second year and their spouses or partners that addresses the practical needs and strategic questions for success as leaders of independent colleges and universities.

2023-01-03T05:00:00Z

2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

San Francisco, California

http://cic-web01/programs/2023-presidents-institute/register, Register Now

For Campus Leaders

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2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Registration Deadline

2023 Presidents Institute

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2023-presidents-institute

The Presidents Institute is an annually held meeting for presidents of independent colleges and universities that includes programs for new presidents and for spouses.

2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

2023-01-07T05:00:00Z

San Francisco, California

http://cic-web01/programs/2023-presidents-institute/register, Register Now

For Campus Leaders

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2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Registration Deadline

Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission

https://www.cic.edu/programs/vocation-and-mission

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.

2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

Atlanta, Georgia

Leadership Development;For Campus Leaders

2021 NetVUE Regional Gathering - Bluffton University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2020-netvue-regional-gathering-bluffton

This gathering will examine both the impetus for and the outcomes of such creative realignments. What can be done together—at the “center”—that cannot be done from individually defined locations at the periphery? The gathering will explore models and best practices for involving various constituencies in this enterprise, including faculty members, administrators, program directors, and the local community.

2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

Bluffton, OH

For NetVUE Members

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Executive Leadership Academy 2022–2023

https://www.cic.edu/programs/executive-leadership-academy

2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

Leadership Development;For Campus Leaders

Teaching Vocational Exploration

https://www.cic.edu/programs/teaching-vocational-exploration

2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

https://my.cic.edu/Programs/Nomination-Process/Nomination-Process-New?programid=36C0070C-158C-EB11-80DF-00155D056E08, Apply Now

For NetVUE Members

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2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

Nomination Deadline

Teaching European Art in Context

https://www.cic.edu/programs/art-history

This seminar series aims to strengthen the teaching of art history to undergraduates at smaller colleges and universities.

2023-06-18T04:00:00Z

2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Memphis, TN

https://my.cic.edu/Programs/Nomination-Process/Nomination-Process-New?programid=39313C50-5ED1-EC11-A7B5-002248275572, Apply Now

For Faculty Members

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2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

Nomination Deadline

New Currents in Teaching Philosophy

https://www.cic.edu/programs/teaching-philosophy

The Institute will explore a variety of topics and pedagogies that successfully attract students to the study of philosophy, presented by some of the leading philosophy instructors in the nation.

2023-07-23T04:00:00Z

2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

Baltimore, MD

For Faculty Members

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American History Seminar

https://www.cic.edu/programs/american-history

This intensive seminar offers a unique opportunity for faculty members in history and related fields to debate a prominent American history topic with experts and colleagues.

For Faculty Members;Past Program

Ancient Greece in the Modern College Classroom

https://www.cic.edu/programs/ancient-greece

This seminar offers faculty members an opportunity to extend their knowledge of ancient sources and develop strategies for incorporating them into their courses.

For Faculty Members;Past Program

CIC's State Councils

https://www.cic.edu/programs/state-councils

CIC's State Councils are consortia of private colleges and universities with the mission of advancing and strengthening their member institutions. Through its State Councils program, CIC provides member services and organizational development opportunities for these consortia, as well as grants and professional support for their activities.

For State Council Members

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CIC/Walmart College Success Awards

https://www.cic.edu/programs/walmart-college-success-awards

Funded by the Walmart Foundation, the CIC/Walmart College Success Awards initiative supported 50 competitively selected CIC member colleges and universities to extend, deepen, or strengthen efforts to help first-generation students succeed in college through first-generation programs on their campuses.

Past Program

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Chief Academic Officers Institute

https://www.cic.edu/programs/cao-institute

The Institute for Chief Academic Officers is an annual CIC event, that brings CAOs of independent colleges and universities together for networking, problem-solving, and sharing of ideas.

For Campus Leaders

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College Media Conference

https://www.cic.edu/programs/college-media-conference

The College Media Conference helps communications and public relations professionals on campus prepare news materials that produce results and also to make contact with some of the nation’s top reporters, editors, freelance writers, producers, bookers, educational correspondents, and campus news professionals.

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Community College Transfer Project

https://www.cic.edu/programs/community-college-transfer

The project aims to improve both the transfer experience and baccalaureate attainment rates of the students and to promote public policies that encourage transfers from community colleges to private institutions.

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Consortium for Instructional Excellence and Career Guidance

https://www.cic.edu/programs/instructional-excellence

CIC has developed this project with support from Strada Education Network to improve student learning, degree completion, and career placement through a renewed focus on instructional excellence and career guidance.

For Campus Leaders;For Faculty Members;Past Program

Consortium for Online Humanities Instruction

https://www.cic.edu/programs/online-humanities

Much of the popular discussion about online instruction has focused on teaching large introductory classes at universities and for-profit institutions. The use of online instruction at CIC member colleges and universities, however, offers potential solutions to an entirely different problem—how to keep upper-level courses that are essential for liberal arts majors strong and viable.

For Campus Leaders;For Faculty Members;For Students;Past Program

Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research

https://www.cic.edu/programs/digital-resources

The Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research allows participants to improve teaching and learning, enhance faculty and student/faculty research, and streamline administrative capabilities through a uniform and cost-effective system.

For Faculty Members

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Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts Institute

https://www.cic.edu/programs/diversity-civility-liberal-arts

An Institute for faculty members and administrators focused on issues of inclusion, conflict, activism, and civil engagement on America’s college campuses.

For Campus Leaders;For Faculty Members

Foundation Conversation

https://www.cic.edu/programs/foundation-conversation

The biennial Conversation between Foundation Officers and College and University Presidents is a meeting for corporate and private foundation officers and presidents of liberal arts colleges and universities.

For Campus Leaders

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Future of Independent Higher Education

https://www.cic.edu/programs/independent-future

This project is designed to explore fresh approaches to higher education, new college business models, and potentially disruptive changes to American society and education along with the traditional qualities and missions of independent liberal arts colleges that are essential to the success of such institutions.

Special Initiatives;Past Program