The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), formerly the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), is the academic consortium of the universities in the Big Ten Conference.[1] The consortium was renamed on June 29, 2016.[2]
The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of the 18 institutions that are members of the Big Ten Conference.[3][4][5] The University of Chicago, a former Big Ten Conference member, was a member of the CIC from 1958 to June 29, 2016.[6][7]
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation was established by the presidents of the Big Ten members in 1958 as the conference's academic counterpart. An invitation extended to the University of Chicago, one of the founding members of the Big Ten who withdrew from the conference in 1946, was accepted.[9]
On June 29, 2016, the name of the consortium was changed from "Committee on Institutional Cooperation" to "Big Ten Academic Alliance".[2] The University of Chicago, a former Big Ten Conference member and former member of the CIC, is not a member of the rebranded consortium, but continues to participate in programs through an affiliation agreement.[6][7]
Statistics
When considered collectively, BTAA universities educate over 700,000 students, including approximately 525,000 full-time undergraduate students and over 175,000 full-time graduate students.[14] BTAA universities award 29% of all agriculture Ph.D.s, 18% of engineering Ph.D.s, and 18% of humanities Ph.D.s in the United States annually.[15]
BTAA members, when viewed collectively, conducted a combined total of $17.4 billion in funded research and BTAA libraries own over 140 million volumes.[14][16]
Collectively, BTAA members employ approximately 57,000 full-time instructional staff.[14]
Collaboration
The BTAA's collaborative efforts span the academic enterprise of its members, including:
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