Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges

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The Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) [1] is a nonprofit organization of 75 American liberal arts colleges which formed in 1984 under the leadership of Oberlin College's president S. Frederick Starr. [2] CLAC brings together the IT professionals from its member colleges and universities to help those institutions make the best use of technology to enrich students’ learning, facilitate teaching and research, and to support the business of the higher education. [3] CLAC has been supporting collaboration, knowledge sharing, professional growth of its IT members, and advocacy for the liberal arts at the national level for more three decades.

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The organization celebrated its 20th Annual Conference in 2018.

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References

  1. "Reach out. Connect. Collaborate. - Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges". Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  2. Victor E. Ferrall, Jr., Liberal Arts at the Brink (Harvard University Press, 2011), ISBN   978-0674049727, p. 86. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  3. "Reach out. Connect. Collaborate. - Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges". Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges. Retrieved 2016-12-26.