Programs

Program Search

https://www.cic.edu/programs/liberal-arts-symposium

“The Liberal Arts in Action” symposium features speakers who are alumni of small, independent colleges that emphasize the liberal arts.

2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

Special Initiatives;Past Program;For Campus Leaders

Securing America's Future Workshop - Hartwick College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/securing-workshop-hartwick

CIC is offering a series of eight free workshops that will bring together teams of presidents, senior administrators, and faculty leaders to explore key trends in higher education and society, the urgent pressures facing individual colleges and universities, and potential solutions.

2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Oneonta, NY

Special Initiatives;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Securing America's Future Workshop - Adrian College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/securing-workshop-adrian

2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Adrian, MI

Special Initiatives;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Securing America's Future Workshop - Augustana College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/securing-workshop-augustana

2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Rock Island, IL

Special Initiatives;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Securing America's Future Workshop - California Lutheran University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/securing-workshop-california

2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

Thousand Oaks, CA

Special Initiatives;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Securing America's Future Workshop - Morehouse College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/securing-workshop-morehouse

2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Atlanta, GA

Special Initiatives;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Securing America's Future Workshop - St. Edward’s University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/securing-workshop-st-edwards

2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

Austin, TX

Special Initiatives;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

Securing America's Future Workshop - Webster University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/securing-workshop-webster

2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

St. Louis, MO

Special Initiatives;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2017 NetVUE Conference

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2017-netvue-conference

The 2017 NetVUE Conference will address the theme, “Renewing the Theological Exploration of Vocation.” 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.

2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

Charlotte, NC

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

Securing America's Future Workshop - McDaniel College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/securing-workshop-mcdaniel

2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

Westminster, MD

Special Initiatives;For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2017 NetVUE Regional Gathering - Benedictine University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2017-netvue-regional-gathering-benedictine

Gen Z is the first group of first true digital natives. This NetVUE gathering will focus on how to understand them and ways to engage them in reflection on vocation in a way that is authentic and gives them critical distance from the world of the glass screen. Critical reflection can help these students integrate their scattered interests, deepen their connections to God and social justice, and commit to sustained personal development of a life of meaning and purpose.

2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

Lisle, IL

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2017 NetVUE Regional Gathering - American Academy of Religion

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2017-netvue-regional-gathering-aar

This one-day gathering will disseminate NetVUE scholarship to members of the American Academy of Religion and provide a NetVUE-based occasion in New England. Those from a wide variety of backgrounds, but particularly those in theology and philosophy, are invited to participate.

2017-11-17T05:00:00Z

Boston, MA

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2018 Presidents Governance Academy

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-presidents-governance-academy

A program for CIC member presidents to strengthen president-board relations, align board bylaws with principles of good governance, make bylaws more effective, and sustain a high-performing board of trustees.

2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

Hollywood, FL

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2018 Presidents Institute

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-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.

2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

Hollywood, Florida

http://cic-web01/programs/2018-Presidents-Institute/resources, View Resources

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2018 NetVUE Regional Gathering - Berry College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-netvue-regional-gathering-berry

This NetVUE gathering is a book retreat to discuss content and use of the second NetVUE Scholars book, Vocation across the Academy: A New Vocabulary for Higher Education. NetVUE scholars will focus on the importance of narrative as students set directions through both liberal arts nad profession-related studies. Thoughtful exchanges about the book will be interwoven with a campus tour and reception as well as other activities on these exceptional campus grounds.

2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

2018-02-24T05:00:00Z

Rome, GA

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2018 NetVUE Regional Gathering - California Lutheran University

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-netvue-regional-gathering-california-lutheran

This NetVUE gathering is a book retreat to discuss content and use of the second NetVUE Scholars book, Vocation across the Academy: A New Vocabulary for Higher Education. NetVUE Scholars and experienced leaders will focus on the importance of guiding students through competing claims to core commitments. Thoughtful exchanges about the book will be interwoven with practices and experiences that illustrate California Lutheran University strategies for vocational exploration.

2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

Thousand Oaks, CA

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2018 NetVUE Regional Gathering - Elizabethtown College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-netvue-regional-gathering-elizabethtown

This occasion will explore in community both the general and particular callings, strengths, and possibilities of CIC NetVUE schools related to mentoring undergraduate students of color in both predominantly/historical White institutions and in minority-serving institutions. Leaders will explore cultural interpretations of vocation, spirituality, religion, deep meaning, and purpose in the lives of students of color as well as high-impact practices that support their explorations.

2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

2018-03-24T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2018 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs - Williamsburg, VA

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-department-chair-workshop-williamsburg

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.

2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

http://cic-web01/programs/2018-department-chair-workshop-williamsburg/resources, View Resources

Leadership Development;Past Program

2018 State Councils Annual Conference

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-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.

2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

St. Louis, MO

For State Council Members;Past Program

2018 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs - Pittsburgh, PA

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-department-chair-workshop-pittsburgh

2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

http://cic-web01/programs/2018-department-chair-workshop-pittsburgh/resources, View Resources

Leadership Development;Past Program

2018 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs - Minneapolis, MN

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-department-chair-workshop-minneapolis

2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

http://cic-web01/programs/2018-department-chair-workshop-minneapolis/resources, View Resources

Leadership Development;Past Program

2018 Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts Institute

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-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.

2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Atlanta, GA

For Campus Leaders;For Faculty Members;Past Program

2018 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs - Spokane, WA

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-department-chair-workshop-spokane

2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

http://cic-web01/programs/2018-department-chair-workshop-spokane/resources, View Resources

Leadership Development;Past Program

2018 NetVUE Regional Gathering - Augustana College

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-netvue-regional-gathering-augustana

This NetVUE gathering provides an opportunity to explore the connections among career development, academic advising, and vocational reflection – and to do so in highly practical ways. Specifically, it aims to foster collaboration across various campus offices and academic divisions.

2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Rock Island, IL

For NetVUE Members;Past Program

2018 College Media Conference

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-college-media-conference

The College Media Conference aims to help campus communications professionals develop techniques that work, prepare news materials that produce results, and make contacts with some of the nation’s top reporters, editors, freelance writers, producers, booking agents, educational correspondents, and campus news professionals.

2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

http://cic-web01/programs/2018-college-media-conference/resources, View Resources

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2018 Foundation Conversation

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-foundation-conversation

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

2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

New York, NY

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2018 Institute for Chief Academic Officers with Chief Financial and Chief Enrollment Management Officers

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2018-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.

2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

St. Louis, MO

For Campus Leaders;Past Program

2019 Presidents Governance Academy

https://www.cic.edu/programs/2019-presidents-governance-academy

2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Scottsdale, Arizona

http://cic-web01/programs/2019-Presidents-Institute/register, Register Now

For Campus Leaders

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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.

2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Scottsdale, Arizona

http://cic-web01/programs/2019-Presidents-Institute/register, Register Now

For Campus Leaders

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2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

Registration Deadline

2019 Presidents Institute

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

2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

Scottsdale, Arizona

http://cic-web01/programs/2019-presidents-institute/register, Register Now

For Campus Leaders

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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/register, Register Now

For NetVUE Members

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2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Registration Deadline

2019 Diversity, Civility, and the Liberal Arts Institute

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

2019-06-02T04:00:00Z

2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

Atlanta, GA

For Campus Leaders;For Faculty Members

2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Application Deadline

Teaching Interfaith Understanding

https://www.cic.edu/programs/interfaith

The seminar will broaden faculty members’ knowledge and perspective to help them strengthen the teaching of interfaith understanding.

2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Chicago, IL

http://cic-web01/programs/interfaith/nomination-form, Apply Now

For Faculty Members

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2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

Nomination Deadline

Executive Leadership Academy

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

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.

2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

http://cic-web01/programs/executive-leadership-academy/nomination-form, Apply Now

Leadership Development;For Campus Leaders

2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

Nomination Deadline

Teaching Vocational Exploration

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

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.

2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

Chicago, IL

For NetVUE Members

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Senior Leadership Academy

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.

2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

2019-06-22T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

http://cic-web01/programs/senior-leadership-academy/nomination-form, Apply Now

Leadership Development

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2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

Nomination Deadline

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.

2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

New Haven, CT

http://cic-web01/programs/american-history/nomination-form, Apply Now

For Faculty Members

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2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

Nomination Deadline

Humanities Research for the Public Good

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

By making visible the significant collections contained in college archives, libraries, and museums, the project aims to show how these raw materials of humanities research can address the concerns and experiences of local communities.

2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

Washington, DC

http://cic-web01/programs/public-humanities/application, Apply Now

For Faculty Members;For Campus Leaders

2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Application 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.

2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

Woodstock, VT

http://cic-web01/programs/vocation-and-mission/nomination-form, Apply Now

Leadership Development;For Campus Leaders

2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Nomination Deadline

Seminars on Science Pedagogy

https://www.cic.edu/programs/science-pedagogy

The seminars will use methods based on research in cognition and neuroscience that have been shown, by Nobel-laureate Carl Wieman and his colleagues to yield significant increases in student learning in science courses at many levels.

2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

Oakland, CA

For Faculty Members

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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.

2019-07-21T04:00:00Z

2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

New Haven, CT

http://cic-web01/programs/art-history/nomination-form, Apply Now

For Faculty Members

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2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

Nomination Deadline

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

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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

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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

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

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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