cic.edu

# Council of Independent Colleges

> The Council of Independent Colleges \(CIC\) is an association of more than 700 nonprofit independent colleges and universities, state\-based councils of independent colleges, and other higher education affiliates, that works to support college and university leadership, advance institutional excellence, and enhance public understanding of independent higher education’s contributions to society\.

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## Pages
- [What We Do](https://cic.edu/about/what-we-do/)
- [Staff and Senior Advisors](https://cic.edu/about/staff-and-senior-advisors/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://cic.edu/privacy-policy/)
- [Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education \(NetVUE\)](https://cic.edu/networks/netvue/)
- [AI Ready](https://cic.edu/networks/ai-ready/)
- [Online Course Sharing Consortium](https://cic.edu/networks/online-course-sharing-consortium/)
- [2024–2025 Annual Report](https://cic.edu/about/annual-report/)
- [Institutional Membership \- Benefits, Criteria, and Dues](https://cic.edu/membership/join/institutional/)
- [Presidents Institute](https://cic.edu/events/presidents-institute/)
- [Institute for Chief Academic Officers](https://cic.edu/events/cao-institute/)
- [Tuition Exchange Program \(CIC\-TEP\)](https://cic.edu/networks/tuition-exchange-program/)
- [Membership Data](https://cic.edu/membership/data/)
- [Belong: An Inclusive Learning Community](https://cic.edu/networks/belong/)
- [Graduate Program Network](https://cic.edu/networks/graduate-program-network/)
- [President Marjorie Hass](https://cic.edu/about/president-marjorie-hass/)

## News
- [Council of Independent Colleges Elects 7 New Board Members, Names 4 New Officers](https://cic.edu/news/cic-elects-7-new-board-members-names-4-new-officers/): CIC is pleased to announce the election of seven members to the Board of Directors, and four existing directors named to new roles on the Executive Committee of the Board\.
- [2026 Workshops for Department and Division Chairs](https://cic.edu/news/department-chair-workshops/): The 2026 Workshops for Department and Division Chairs will focus on effective strategies to develop leadership skills and an institution\-wide vision in the context of uncertainty and change\.
- [CIC Establishes Sixth Membership Category for Graduate Members](https://cic.edu/news/cic-establishes-sixth-membership-category-for-graduate-members/): The CIC members in attendance at the Annual Business Meeting on January 7, 2026, voted to add a sixth CIC membership category for Graduate Members\.
- [CIC Launches Texas Work\-Based Learning Consortium with Support from Trellis and Greater Texas Foundations](https://cic.edu/news/cic-launches-texas-work-based-learning-consortium/): The Tuition Exchange and CIC announce a new partnership that will simplify the scholarship application process for employees and their families at participating institutions\. 
- [One Application, Two Networks to Expand Access to Tuition Exchange Scholarships](https://cic.edu/news/one-application-two-networks-to-expand-access-to-tuition-exchange-scholarships/): The Tuition Exchange and CIC announce a new partnership that will simplify the scholarship application process for employees and their families at participating institutions\. 

## Events
- [NetVUE Big Read Webinar: An Itinerary of Hope for Higher Education](https://cic.edu/event/netvue-big-read-webinar-an-itinerary-of-hope-for-higher-education/)
- [Roots, Branches, Leaves: Institutionalizing Vocational Discernment](https://cic.edu/event/roots-branches-leaves/): This NetVUE regional gathering will focus on exploring the future of higher education at the intersection of Whole Person Education and vocational formation\. In a time of rapid technological change, this event will invite educators to reflect on how we can prepare students not just for careers, but for meaningful lives of service, purpose, and resilience\.
- [Vocation, Higher Education, and the Future: Imagining Possibilities, Cultivating Practices](https://cic.edu/event/vocation-higher-education-and-the-future/)
- [ Encuentra: Explorations of Culture and Calling](https://cic.edu/event/encuentra-explorations-of-culture-and-calling/): Celebrating NetVUE’s new resource, Encuentra: Conversation Cards on Calling, Career, and a Life Well\-Lived” this regional gathering explores and celebrates the role of culture in human experience and understanding of the world and one’s calling\. Participant experience of the food, music, dance, art, and language of the diverse Hispanic, Latine, Latin American, and U\.S\. Latine cultures in Fresno and the surrounding communities frames sessions exploring the origin and unique contribution of these conversation cards, and how culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy can help foster vocational exploration and discernment\. 
- [Vocation and Whole Person: Education in a Transactional Age](https://cic.edu/event/vocation-and-whole-person-education-in-a-transactional-age/): This NetVUE regional gathering will focus on exploring the future of higher education at the intersection of Whole Person Education and vocational formation\. In a time of rapid technological change, this event will invite educators to reflect on how we can prepare students not just for careers, but for meaningful lives of service, purpose, and resilience\.

## People
- [Mame Bineta Barry](https://cic.edu/profiles/mame-bineta-barry/)
- [Alonso De Los Rios](https://cic.edu/profiles/alonso-de-los-rios/)
- [Reyes Gonzalez](https://cic.edu/profiles/reyes-gonzalez/)
- [Nhaya Vaidya](https://cic.edu/profiles/nhaya-vaidya/)
- [Emma Jones](https://cic.edu/profiles/emma-jones/)

## Newsletter Article
- [2026 NetVUE Conference: Concurrent Workshops: Network Colleagues Address Central Themes](https://cic.edu/newsletter/2026-netvue-conference-concurrent-workshops/)
- [Learning and Networking \| The First Issue of Studies in Vocation and Calling has Arrived\!](https://cic.edu/newsletter/learning-and-networking-journal/)
- [2026 NetVUE Conference: Reflections on the Quarter\-Plenary Sessions](https://cic.edu/newsletter/2026-conference-quarter-plenaries/)
- [2026 NetVUE Conference: Concurrent Campus Sessions](https://cic.edu/newsletter/2026-conference-campus-sessions-lessons-from-the-field/)
- [The Latest Resources from NetVUE \| April 2026](https://cic.edu/newsletter/the-latest-resources-from-netvue-april-2026/)

## Resources
- [BoodleBox](https://cic.edu/resource/boodlebox/)
- [Digest of Recent Research Archive](https://cic.edu/resource/digest-of-recent-research-archive/)
- [2026 Presidents Institute Resources](https://cic.edu/resource/2026-presidents-institute-resources/): Resources from the 2026 Presidents Institute are now available online\.
- [2025 Institute for Chief Academic Officers Resources](https://cic.edu/resource/2025-institute-for-chief-academic-officers-resources/): Resources from the 2025 Institute for Chief Academic Officers are now available online\.
- [New Presidents Resources](https://cic.edu/resource/new-presidents-resources/): Campus leadership support and development is a key CIC priority\. This page accumulates a growing list of resources primarily intended for first\-time presidents of a CIC type college and university\.

## Sessions
- [The Demands of Leaders During Institutional Mergers](https://cic.edu/session/the-demands-of-leaders-during-institutional-mergers/)
- [Creating Space for Now and Next: Essential Support for Leaders Doing Essential Work Part 2](https://cic.edu/session/creating-space-for-now-and-next-essential-support-for-leaders-doing-essential-work-part-2/)
- [First Lady Architecture Tour](https://cic.edu/session/first-lady-architecture-tour/)
- [Evening Reception and Dinner](https://cic.edu/session/evening-reception-and-offsite-dinner/)
- [Poetry Reading](https://cic.edu/session/poetry-reading-5/)

## Sponsors
- [UQ Solutions, Inc\.](https://cic.edu/sponsor/uq-solutions-inc/)
- [Inceptia](https://cic.edu/sponsor/inceptia/)
- [Hastings\+Chivetta, a GHC Studio](https://cic.edu/sponsor/hastingschivetta-architects-inc/)
- [NCFDD](https://cic.edu/sponsor/national-center-for-faculty-development-diversity-ncfdd/)
- [Creative Dining Services](https://cic.edu/sponsor/creative-dining-services/)

## Opportunities
- [2027 NetVUE Summer Seminar: Teaching Vocational Exploration](https://cic.edu/opportunity/teaching-vocational-exploration/): CIC is pleased to offer a multidisciplinary seminar, Teaching Vocational Exploration, for full\-time faculty members in all fields at colleges and universities that are members of the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education \(NetVUE\)\. The seminar is designed for early\- to mid\-career faculty members at the rank of assistant or associate professor or the equivalent\.
- [NetVUE Professional Development Awards](https://cic.edu/opportunity/professional-development-awards/): NetVUE Professional Development Awards may be requested in amounts up to $20,000 for use over one year for professional development activities that enhance the knowledge, skills, and expertise of faculty and staff members who play important roles in undergraduate vocational initiatives\. Applications for the current round were due April 2026\.
- [NetVUE Vocation across the Academy Grants](https://cic.edu/opportunity/vocation-across-the-academy-grants/): The purpose of this grant program is to help colleges and universities develop more effective ways to strengthen the link between two purposes of undergraduate education: shaping a philosophy of life and securing postgraduate employment\. NetVUE Vocation across the Academy Grants provide three years of grant funding of up to $150,000 for projects that are four years in duration\. Applications for the current round were due March 2026\. 
- [Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission 2026–2027](https://cic.edu/opportunity/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\.
- [ASI Career Services Design Workshop](https://cic.edu/opportunity/career-services-design-workshop/): The workshop will engage campus leaders, career professionals, and employment experts as we design a model for a National Center for Careers and the Liberal Arts\.

## Research Reports
- [Pathways to Completion: Ohio Consortium for Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts](https://cic.edu/research/pathways-to-completion-ohio-consortium-for-transfer-pathways-to-the-liberal-arts/)
- [Hiring and Supporting a Pioneering President](https://cic.edu/research/hiring-and-supporting-a-pioneering-president/)
- [Understanding the Landscape of Graduate Programs: A Study of Independent Colleges and Universities](https://cic.edu/research/understanding-the-landscape-of-graduate-programs/)
- [Paving the Way for Transfer Pathways in Psychology and Sociology](https://cic.edu/research/community-college-transfer-pathways/)
- [Campus Free Expression: A New Roadmap for Student Affairs](https://cic.edu/research/campus-free-expression-a-new-roadmap-for-student-affairs/)

## Categories
- [Higher Access School](https://cic.edu/category/netvue/higher-access-school/)
- [Newsletter](https://cic.edu/category/newsletter/)
- [2025 PI](https://cic.edu/category/event/2025-pi/)
- [2026 PI](https://cic.edu/category/event/2026-pi/)
- [NetVUE](https://cic.edu/category/netvue/)

## Event Types
- [In\-Person](https://cic.edu/event-type/in-person/)
- [Webinar](https://cic.edu/event-type/webinar/)
- [Virtual Event](https://cic.edu/event-type/virtual/)

## Opportunity Types
- [Selective Program](https://cic.edu/opportunity-type/selective-program/)
- [Grant](https://cic.edu/opportunity-type/grant/)

## Insight Types
- [Newsletter Article](https://cic.edu/insight-type/newsletter-article/)
- [News](https://cic.edu/insight-type/news/)
- [Resource](https://cic.edu/insight-type/resource/)
- [Research](https://cic.edu/insight-type/research/)
- [Corporate Affiliate](https://cic.edu/insight-type/corporate-affiliate/)

## Audiences
- [NetVUE Members](https://cic.edu/audience/netvue-members/)
- [Campus Leaders](https://cic.edu/audience/campus-leaders/)
- [Faculty](https://cic.edu/audience/faculty/)
- [State Council Members](https://cic.edu/audience/state-councils/)

## Audiences
- [Faculty](https://cic.edu/opportunity-audience/faculty/)
- [NetVUE Members](https://cic.edu/opportunity-audience/netvue-members/)
- [Campus Leaders](https://cic.edu/opportunity-audience/campus-leaders/)
- [State Council Members](https://cic.edu/opportunity-audience/state-council-members/)

## Topics
- [Leadership](https://cic.edu/topic/leadership/)
- [Faculty Development](https://cic.edu/topic/faculty-development/)
- [Campus Free Expression](https://cic.edu/topic/campus-free-expression/)
- [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion](https://cic.edu/topic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/)
- [Liberal Arts](https://cic.edu/topic/liberal-arts/)

## Member Types
- [CiC](https://cic.edu/member-type/cic/)
- [Institutional](https://cic.edu/member-type/institutional/)
- [TEP](https://cic.edu/member-type/tep-2/)
- [NetVUE](https://cic.edu/member-type/netvue-2/)
- [OCSC](https://cic.edu/member-type/ocsc/)

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