The Committee on Institutional Cooperation, established in 1958, is a consortium of twelve universities (the eleven members of the Big Ten Conference and the University of Chicago) committed to advancing academic excellence by promoting and coordinating collaborative activities and sharing resources. Its programs and activities extend to all aspects of university activity except intercollegiate athletics. These endeavors are organized to augment and complement institutional programs without supplanting them or reducing their individual importance.

The CIC is governed by the Chief Academic Officers of the member universities who are known as the CIC "Members." A headquarters staff of 13, located in Champaign, Illinois, administers the CIC programs.

CIC universities confer, on average, 15% of all Ph.D. degrees awarded annually in the United States. Collectively, the CIC member universities engage in nearly $2 billion worth of externally funded research annually, employ more than 33,000 full-time faculty members, and enroll nearly one-half million undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.

External links

• The Committee on Institutional Cooperation