- Description
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Founded in 1956, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association of nonprofit independent colleges and universities, state-based councils, and 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.
CIC is the major national organization that focuses on providing services to leaders of independent colleges and universities and state-based councils. CIC offers conferences, seminars, publications, and other programs and services that help institutions improve educational quality, administrative and financial performance, student outcomes, and institutional visibility.
CIC and Riipen have joined forces in a multi-year work-based learning initiative to benefit 25 member institutions. This collaboration will integrate work-based learning opportunities into up to 375 courses led by 125 faculty members and impacting up to 11,250 students.
- Portal website
- https://learn.riipen.com/cic-wbl
Subportals experiences
Business Writing Projects - Fundamentals and Marketing
ENGL 315
Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on learners from St. Ambrose University to be your learner-consultants, in a project-based experience. Learners will work on one main project over the experience of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. Learners in this program/experience: "Written Business Communication" is designed to first acquaint students with the basics of business writing. It then offer opportunities for practice, collaboration, and feedback on writing through weekly assignments, collaborative work on key topics, and ultimately a portfolio that demonstrates progress over the semester. Both minor and major assignments can be tailored to suit your business's needs. Multiple teams of students will work on each aspect of your writing projects to provide several complete options for each request. The course instructor facilitates communication between your business and student teams to optimize the outcomes of the accelerated, eight-week duration.
Business Consulting
ENTR 230
Students can conduct a wide range of research and analysis as part of this course designed to teach them broadly about business consulting and business projects. Companies can benefit from the work and knowledge of our students in the areas of business strategy, computer science and data, design, marketing and social impact.
Professional Programming Project - 2025
CIT 4203
Bring on learners from Elms College to be your learner-consultants, in a project-based experience. This senior capstone project course allows students to create a large professional programming project. During this course, learners develop strong programming, project planning, and coding skills. Through this experience, learners will also design and execute large-scale programming projects while engaging in professional collaboration. Students are experienced in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#, ASP.NET, SQL, ReactJS.
Population Health Management
GHS 425
Would you like to gain fresh perspectives on global health management and innovative solutions surrounding preventative healthcare? We invite you to partner with learners from Allegheny College! Learners in this program will explore how transitions can transform patterns of health by impacting risk factors, health prevention, and health management. These transitions include lifestyle changes, demographic changes, nutritional and dietary changes, transportation changes, educational changes, and health system changes. Learners will apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired throughout their coursework to a real-world population health management issue or challenge.