- 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
HIS-2303 Center of Discovery & Learning
HIS 2303
Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on learners from Elms College 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.
Mobile App Development (Kotlin/Android)
ECCS 2431
Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on learners from Ohio Northern University to be your learner-consultants, in a project-based experience. Learners will work on one main project over the second half of the of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. Learners in this program/experience are sophomore and junior students in computer science (or computer engineering). The students will be learning Kotlin and Android Studio during the semester (and already know both C++ and Java and potentially some Python). The course's catalog description: "Introduction to mobile app development with a focus on Android platform for mobile phones and tablets. Topics include Android development environment (open source IDE Android Studio), emulator-android virtual device, basic building blocks, user interface design, menus and grids, fragments, data storage, styles and themes, tabs, threads, widgets, GPS coding, touch gestures, multimedia, networking and sensors, debugging and testing." I have uploaded images from previous year's final projects.
Feature Writing for News Publications, Blogs and Social Media
ENGLISH 318
Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on learners from Concordia College to create compelling feature articles for your company, in a project-based journalism experience. Learners will work on building a portfolio of feature articles over the experience of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. Learners in this experience will demonstrate reporting and interviewing skills for feature stories, as they broaden their journalism skills, including mastery of standard mechanics for contemporary professional writing. Additionally, they will develop a commitment to the ethical practice of journalism and to the continuing role of journalists amid continuing change in society, culture and media technology.
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.