- 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
Professional Writing in Business and Technical Contexts
COM 320
This experience focuses on equipping learners with the skills to produce high-quality professional writing tailored to specific business and technical contexts. Participants will gain expertise in crafting clear and effective business communications, proposals, formal reports, grant applications, newsletters, blogs, email campaigns, and social media content.
Using Animal Behavior Skills to Address Practical Problems
Biol352
Learners in this course have developed skills in the scientific study of animal behavior by analyzing and synthesizing well-studied investigations of specific behaviors. They can: Critically evaluate primary scientific literature and historical studies in animal behavior. Apply theoretical frameworks to explain behaviors through development, mechanisms, evolutionary history, and adaptive function. Conduct detailed case-study investigations into specific animal behaviors. Communicate findings effectively to both specialized and general audiences. Create educational materials Examine ethical and societal dimensions of research on animal behavior.
Compelling Proposal and Grant Writing
COM 320
This experience is designed for learners in their third year of a technical and professional writing course, focusing on the creation of compelling grants requests and proposals. Learners have developed skills in crafting clear, persuasive, and structured documents that meet specific objectives and audience needs. They are equipped to apply these skills to real-world projects by producing professional-grade written materials that can support organizational goals, such as securing funding or outlining project plans.
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.