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Big Ten Academic Alliance Groups Mobilize to Further Digital Accessibility

Aug 5, 2024, 12:10 PM

Preparing to respond to the new Title II accessibility regulations, several peer communities banded together to form Big Ten Academic Alliance Accessibility Collaboration. Partnering across the consortium are the IT Accessibility Group, ADA Coordinators, Learning Technology Leaders, the Library Accessibility Group, and others.
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Big Ten Academic Alliance Welcomes UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington

Aug 2, 2024, 11:02 AM

The Big Ten Academic Alliance is excited to welcome the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), the University of Oregon, and the University of Washington into the nation's premier consortium of leading research universities. For over 65 years, the world-class institutions of the Big Ten have advanced their academic missions, generated unique opportunities for students and faculty, and served the common good by sharing expertise, leveraging campus resources, and collaborating on innovative programs.
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Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Institute Shapes Future Leaders in Higher Education

Jul 30, 2024, 10:08 AM

The Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Group of the Big Ten Academic Alliance is much more than the cherished peer network of the individuals who lead faculty affairs and development offices across the Big Ten universities. The VPFA Group also creates and delivers the Alliance’s highly regarded and often-emulated portfolio of academic leadership programs.
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Big Ten Academic Alliance and Accessible Archives’ New African American and Women’s History Collections

Apr 25, 2023, 10:50 AM

The Big Ten Academic Alliance announces the acquisition of new essential primary source content for member libraries through Accessible Archives. The range includes African American Newspapers in the South, 1870-1926, and The Woman’s Tribune, 1882-1909.
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Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages the Focus of $2.5 Million Mellon Grant

Jul 23, 2019, 10:29 AM

This is the second Mellon grant received by the LCTL Partnership, led by the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) at Michigan State University, to facilitate the teaching of less commonly taught languages at all Big 10 universities in partnership with the Big Ten Academic Alliance.
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Sustaining Values and Scholarship: A Statement by the Provosts of the Big Ten Academic Alliance

Jun 10, 2019, 09:49 AM

The Big Ten Academic Alliance continues its advocacy for a sustainable and open ecosystem of publication. Collectively, our institutions’ more than 50,000 faculty are supported by over $10 billion (2017) in research funding, and our institutions have similarly invested significantly in our capacity to further our missions to advance knowledge. Together, we produce roughly 15% of the research publications in the United States.
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Op-Ed by IRIS PIs on how Tax bill would imperil nation’s innovation, future

Dec 15, 2017, 10:47 AM

In a piece in the Columbus Dispatch on December 14, 2017, IRIS PI Bruce Weinberg, with IRIS PI co-authors Julia Lane and Jason Owen-Smith, discuss the value of research spending and harmful portions of the tax bill passed by the House.
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Big Ten universities reported the highest number of students in Learning Abroad programs in five years

Dec 4, 2017, 11:24 AM

One of the most comprehensive analysis of Learning Abroad strategies in the United States shows growth among members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) in the number of students who participated in Learning Abroad Programs during Fall 2015 through Summer 2016.
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Mark Sandler wins 2017 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award

Feb 2, 2017, 12:01 PM

Mark Sandler, former Big Ten Academic Alliance Director of Library Initiatives, has been awarded the 2017 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award.
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Katherine Galvin Named New Big Ten Academic Alliance Director of Programs

Dec 1, 2016, 12:04 PM

The Big Ten Academic Alliance is delighted to announce that Katherine Galvin has been appointed as the Director of Programs, effective January 3, 2017.
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New Name Leads to Greater Awareness

Nov 2, 2016, 10:57 AM

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation became the Big Ten Academic Alliance on July 1, 2016 and the benefits of this name change are already resulting in a greater awareness of the organization and its programs.
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Big Ten Academic Alliance's Professorial Advancement Initiative Featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education

Sep 12, 2016, 12:33 PM

The Chronicle of Higher Education's Wider Spectrum series has highlighted the transformational work of the Big Ten Academic Alliance's Professorial Advancement initiative
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Big Ten Academic Alliance Co-Hosts Capitol Hill Health Equity Forum

Aug 18, 2016, 11:58 AM

Co-sponsored by the Big Ten Academic Alliance and Congressman John Sarbanes(D-MD), this year's University of Maryland Capitol Hill Forum is centered on the theme of health equity, focusing on innovative community-based interventions for health promotion and disease prevention in vulnerable populations.
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MSU to lead Big Ten Academic Alliance multi-university language learning effort

Aug 3, 2016, 11:37 AM

Michigan State University will use a three-year $1.2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to lead a Big Ten Academic Alliance multi-university research project to improve the teaching of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs.
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The Power of the Collective: CIC Annual Report Now Available

Mar 10, 2016, 11:42 AM

The newly released CIC Annual Report details the collective power and progress of this enterprise, highlighting the Health Equities initiative between the state Departments of Health and the member schools; faculty collaborations in theater, music education, and business; and data on the economic impact of the scientific workforce and funded research being done across the campuses.
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Penn State Programs Ranked #1 for Veterans

Oct 2, 2015, 13:53 PM

This year, Penn State welcomes the third annual meeting of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's Military and Veterans Services Peer Group to University Park to share best practices and current developments at their respective schools.
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CIC CLI Director Mark Sandler to Retire

Jun 12, 2015, 09:40 AM

Mark Sandler, Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives, has announce his retirement effective February 29, 2016. Now entering his tenth year of service to the CIC and its 15 member universities, Dr. Sandler also served for 20 years on the staff of the University of Michigan Library.
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International Research Workshop Explores Non-Coding RNAs in Chronic Disease

Apr 1, 2015, 10:14 AM

Biomedical researchers at CIC universities along with researchers affiliated with CAPES Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior), a unit within Brazil’s Ministry of Education, will delve into current research on microRNAs and non-coding RNAs on April 30-May 2nd at an international research workshop held at The Ohio State University.
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CIC Global Collaborations Take the Lead in Comprehensive Internationalization

Aug 12, 2014, 13:21 PM

CIC universities continue lead the field of education abroad, with award-winning programming and insightful analysis of the structures and support for international study and overseas learning.
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CIC's CourseShare Helps Students Explore Reactions to Korean Ferry Tragedy

Apr 29, 2014, 12:52 PM

A recent Rutgers University news article highlights how the CIC CourseShare program brings students together from across different CIC schools to explore cultures and learn less commonly taught languages (LCTLs). Nearly 65 LCTLs and culture courses – Uzbek, Czech and many others – are offered through CourseShare.
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Big Ten Academic Alliance Impact Report (PDF)

Big Ten Academic Alliance University Data At-A-Glance

The Big Ten Academic Alliance compiles data from its member institutions including demographics, expenditures, faculty information, and rankings.