CIC will select, through competitive application, 20–25 institutions to participate in the Consortium, through which a total of 500 CIC faculty members will be prepared. Each institution is expected to commit to have a minimum of 20–25 faculty members complete the ACUE course during the 2018–2019 academic year. Large institutions may propose to credential more faculty members than the required minimum, and CIC may consider joint proposals from small institutions that wish to participate but cannot meet this minimum.
CIC, with Strada’s support, will cover the cost of enrolling and credentialing up to 500 faculty members through ACUE’s course. Program “seats” will be allocated based on each institution’s proposed program size. ACUE’s services also include technical support before, during, and following the program. CIC also will provide stipends for participating faculty members and for course facilitators assigned by the institution and supported by ACUE.
CIC seeks to attract a cohort of institutions to the Consortium that is diverse geographically, demographically, and in institutional type. Priority will be given to institutions that seek to serve first-generation and low-income students through the program.
In addition to assessing learning outcomes and other measures indicated below, each institution will provide baseline and impact data on student persistence, completion, internship placement, and graduate school or job placement following graduation, as well as anonymous follow-up data for students taught by faculty members who take the ACUE course.