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class="sf-Image-wrapper">--founder of what is now known as the Big Ten Academic Alliance<br></span></h5></div> </div><h1 class="accessibility-hidden">History of the Big Ten Alliance</h1> <h2 class="">History of the Big Ten Alliance</h2> <div > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><p>The Big Ten Academic Alliance was established by the presidents of the <a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="http://www.bigten.org/index-main.html"></a><a href="https://bigten.org/index.aspx" data-sf-ec-immutable="">Big Ten Conference</a> members in 1958 as the athletic league's academic counterpart. Initially known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the consortium's name was changed to the Big Ten Academic Alliance in 2016 to better reflect the composition of the member institutions. <br><br>In 1958, a membership invitation was extended to the University of Chicago, one of the founding members of the Big Ten who withdrew from the conference in 1946, and was accepted. The Big Ten Academic Alliance invited the Pennsylvania State University to join the consortium following its admittance to the Big Ten in 1990. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln joined the Big Ten in 2011, and the Big Ten Academic Alliance extended an invitation that culminated in UN-L's admittance to the consortium on July 1, 2011. The University of Maryland and Rutgers University-New Brunswick was welcomed to membership July 1, 2013, in the advent of the schools' admittance to the Big Ten in 2014. The latest additions to the Big Ten Conference and the Big Ten Academic Alliance -namely the University of Oregon, University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and University of Washington - officially became members on August 2, 2024.</p><p>The <a href="/docs/default-source/news-pub/historyofcic3abf.pdf?sfvrsn=f0e4c898_2">history of Big Ten Academic Alliance</a> (known then as the CIC) was written by founder Herman B Wells, Indiana University president from 1938 to 1962, and published in the Fall 1967 issue of EDUCATIONAL RECORD, a publication of the American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.</p><p>For more on the consortium, the Big Ten Academic Alliance's <a href="/about">5-minute video</a> has an overview of programs, initiatives, and impact of this historic collaborative.</p></div> </div> </div> <div id="main_T6BA3F39D001_Col01" class="sf_colsIn flex-column one-third last side-section" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"><nav class="sidebar" aria-label="Sidebar Menu"> <h2><a title="About" aria-label="sidebar link for About" href="/about">About</a></h2> <ul> <li> <a title="Calendar & Events" aria-label="sidebar link for Calendar & Events" href="/about/calendar" >Calendar & Events </a> </li> <li> <a title="Committees & Groups" aria-label="sidebar link for Committees & Groups" href="/about/groups" >Committees & Groups </a> </li> <li> <a title="Employment Opportunities" aria-label="sidebar link for Employment Opportunities" href="/about/employment-opportunities" >Employment Opportunities </a> </li> <li> <a title="News & Publications" aria-label="sidebar link for News & Publications" href="/about/news-and-publications" >News & Publications </a> </li> <li> <a title="Member Universities" aria-label="sidebar link for Member Universities" href="/about/member-universities" >Member Universities </a> </li> <li> <a title="Reports" aria-label="sidebar link for Reports" href="/about/reports" >Reports </a> </li> <li> <a title="Staff Directory" aria-label="sidebar link for Staff Directory" href="/about/staff-directory" >Staff Directory </a> </li> <li> <a title="Contact Us" aria-label="sidebar link for Contact Us" href="/about/contact-us" >Contact Us </a> </li> <li> <a title="Provosts" aria-label="sidebar link for Provosts" href="/about/provosts" >Provosts </a> </li> <li> <a title="History" aria-label="sidebar link for History" href="/about/history" class="active">History </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="footer" > <div class="sfContentBlock sf-Long-text" ><div class="one-half"><div><span style="font-family: "Gotham Medium", "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em">Big Ten Academic Alliance</span> <p style="margin-bottom: 0">1819 South Neil Street, Suite D, Champaign, IL 61820-7271 <br>Phone: 217.333.8475 | Fax: 217.244.7127 | Email: <a href="mailto:info@btaa.org" style="font-size: 18px">info@btaa.org</a></p></div></div><div class="one-half"><br><div class="footer_links" style="font-size: 16px"><ul style="font-size: 16px"><li style="text-align: right; list-style-position: inside"><a href="/privacy" style="font-size: 18px">Privacy Policy</a></li><li style="text-align: right; list-style-position: inside"><a href="/sitemap" style="font-size: 18px">Site Map</a> </li><li style="text-align: right; list-style-position: inside"><a href="/reports" style="font-size: 18px">Reports</a></li><li style="text-align: right; list-style-position: inside"><a href="/about/contact-us">Contact Us</a></li></ul></div><div id="footerSocialLinks" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: right"><a title="View us on LinkedIn" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-ten-academic-alliance" style="font-size: 16px"><em class="fa fa-linkedin-square" style="font-size: 16px"></em><span style="font-size: 16px">View us on LinkedIn</span> </a><a title="View us on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/btaa.org" style="font-size: 16px"><em class="fa fa-facebook-square" style="font-size: 16px"></em><span style="font-size: 16px">View us on Facebook</span> </a><a title="Follow us on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/BigTenAcademic" style="font-size: 16px"><em class="fa fa-twitter-square" style="font-size: 16px"></em><span style="font-size: 16px">Follow us on Twitter</span> </a></div></div></div> </div><script type="text/javascript"> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-2152797-3', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </footer> </div> </body> </html>