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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 261-591 HE 018 689 AUTHOR Elkin:, Judith Laikin TITLE The Great Lakes Colleges Association: Twenty-One Years of Cooperation in Higher Education. INSTITUTION Great Lakes Colleges Association, Ann Arbor, Mich. PUB DATE 82 'NOTE 36p. PUB TYPE Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Church Related Colleges; *Consortia; Cooperative Programs; Experiential Learning; *Faculty Development; *Field Experience Programs; Financial Support; Governance; Grants; Higher Education; Humanities;.*Intercollegiate Cooperation; *International Education;. Liberal Arts; Lobbying; Political Issues IDENTIFIERS *Great Lakes Colleges Association ABSTRACT "The association among 12- private, church-related, 'residential, liberal arts colleges in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio ('The Great Lakei Colleges Associaion--GLCA) is discussed. Attention is directed. to the founding of the consortium, international education,,thematic off-campus-programv, faculty development, the involvement of GLCA in the national 'higher education enterprise, and governance. Support from the Ford Foundation helped to establish non-Western Studies as a-primary concern, including overseas study 'programs in Bogota, Tokyo, and Beirut. Other, studies /activities have focused on Europe, Africa, and Asia:"Two thiMatic off-campus programs (the NeW York Arts 'Program and the Philadelphia Urban Semester) ' expose students to city life, while'other offerings include.,the Oak Ridge Science Semester, the Newberry.Library Program in Humanities, and marine biology and wilderness programs. GLCA faculty development piojects'include: the yrogrammed Instruction Project, teaching internships, a humanities program, and the New Writers' Award. GLCA's -legislative policy and involvement in the Washington network of major relevant associations concerned with national higher education and federal policy issues are also addressed, and information is provided on giants received by GLCA during 1963-1981. Different levels of governance, including the board, the faculty or academic council, and dean's council, are covered. (SW) . *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can ba made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** ounded 1831 The AM* GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION C011,E0f. TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION .4119. DETANTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS Mtn/ TIATIVERSITY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OFEDUCATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED INFORMATION BY Greencastle, Indiana 46135 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES CENTER !ERIC! his document has beenreproduced as rounded from the personor organuabon originating it made to improve Minor changes nave been reproduction Quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES stated m this docu- Points of view or opinions INFORMATION CENTER represent official ME (ERIC)." ment do not necessarily Position or policy HE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER C0LLjv1v k)\, E 01-1-:EGE. wes uan university Judith Laikin Elkin cotueGe 2 aLanlaz° THE GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION Judith Laikin Elkin Great Lakes Colleges Association 220 CollingwoodSuite 240 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 1982 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . 'vii LIST OF TABLES.. ix , PREFACE . xi INTRODUCTION z 1 CHAPTER J FOUNDING THE CONSORTIUM 7 CHAPTER. II INTERNATIONAL ErgTC&TION . 17 The Ford Founy4ation Grant.Establishing Overseas ,Programs. The Zif hsk Force on International Education. The Bogota Program.` American .University of Beirut. East Asian Studies.Japan.Yugoslavia andPoland. .European Urban Term.Madurai.Aberdeen.. Africa. Israel.' China. SuMm ary- and Analysis: CHAPTER In THEMATIC*OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS. 45. Philadelphia Urban Seinester.New York Arts Program: Oak Ridge Science Semester.Marine'Biology. Wilderness Program.Newberry Library.Some Unrealized Possibilities.The Consortium at Ten. CHAPTER IV FACULTY DEVELOPMENT. 59 'Programmed Instruction Project.Teaching Internships. Humanities Program'.New Writers' Award.Faculty Development:, 'Finding Ways.'Faculty Deirelopment Begins.Conferences, Workshops; and- Consultations: Career Renewal and Change. Some Observations. Women's Studies.GLCA in the Seventies. CHAPTER V GLCA, ENTERS THE NATIONAL SCENE. 81 The Issue of Washington Representation.Should GLCA Merge with ACM?Evaluating,theWaShington Connection. The Decision against Merger.New. Directions.The Independent Colleges Office.GLCA's Washington Network. The Fruits of Grantsmanship. Summary and Conclusions. CHAPTER VI GOVERNANCE . 101 Board of Directors.Faculty Governance.Deans' Council.International Education Committee: The Agent College.' The Central Administration.Some _Observations. C*HAPT.ER VII GLCA COMES OF AGE "123 A NOTE ON SOURCES 129 I: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Denison Campus irk -the 1940s 3 Two Nobel laureates:Robert A. Millikari and Arthur H. Compton. 4 The 1965 GLCA' Board- 14 Staff' of the Centro de Estudios Universitarios Colombo-Americano (CEUCA) . , . 23 Awarding i Grant in. Support of - ffapanese Studies . 29 Participants in the Yugoslav Summer Seminar. 32 A Student Intern in the Philadelphia Urban Semester . 47 . Apprenticeship in the New York Arts Program . 49 _Oak Ridge Science Semester' Provides Research OppOrtunities for -GLCA Students ... , . 52 Staff of the _Kenyon School of English in the 1950s. 63 The 1982 Staff for the GLCA Summer Workshop in - Course Design and Teaching' . 68: Women's Studies Conference Participants . 77 Senator Griffin receiving a GLCA delegation. 88 a Deans' Council Meeting . 107 vii A LIST OF TABLES -Basic Information about GLCA Member Institutions 5 Organizational Conference, April 16-17, 1961: College Representatives . 1:1 GLCA Presidents and Vice Presidents 15 Faculty Development Conferences, 1975-1982 70 Grants Received by GLCA, 1963-1981 . 95 GLCA 'Tuition Remission Exchange. 119 ix PREFACE The private, church-related, residential, liberal arts college was the first, institution of higher education to be founded in America. Many such colleges, offering quality education in environments of a human, scale, have been in continuous existence for a century and a half.They have compiled an outstanding record for academic achievement by their students and for the contributions to society made 5y their alumni.These are great institutions in the truest sense of that word,' filling a leadership role withoutarrogance or apology; This is the story of an association among twelve such colleges in the States O of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. The story is one of supported differences,, shared strengths, and a sense of mutual obligation.ItS two major themes are the distinctiveness of each member college, and the vitality of the academic community that arose from recognition of, shared characteristics and interests.Our cooperation has led to broader educational opportunity for ou,r students, particularly internationally; increased professional challenge for our faculties and staffs; and, the development of policy options for our colleges. Since the founding of the Great Lakes Colleges Association in 1961, the environment within whi.9h higher education functions has changed from one that was supportive to one that threatens to restrict the range of services we offer. and, theumber and 'type of Students we can accommodate. Cooperation, which s emed at first a luxury we could afford in bouyant 'times, has become an portant source of mutual support. Member Presidents of GLCA have not hepitated to utilize our joint strength as advocates of private undergraduate liberal arts education nationwide. - 0 Our twentieth anniversary stimulated us to look back over what has b^',I accomplished by the consortium in the. past in tan effort to increase our self-understanding, as well as to garner air y lessons from it that May helpus in the future.Judith Laikin Elkin, an historian who formerly taught at Albion College, was commissioned by our Board to write this history.She has had complete access to GLCA files and has interviewed many of those who were movers and shapers of GLCA. While Dr..EIkiti has been provided with the necessary facilities fOr writing this history, she has retained complete freedom in the transcription and interpretation of events.. Itis my hope that this history, which describes the successful initiatives, the false starts, the disappointments and the dreams which went into making this complex human artifact we call GLCA will prove useful, and interesting to those who know and work with us, as well as to those-who wish to learn more about the potential for cooperation in higher education. George Rainsford President, Kalamazoo College Chairman of the Board, GLCA. xi COPY AVAILABLE BEST , , INTRODUCTION The Great Lakes Colleges Assbciation was founded in 1961 as,.alconsortium of twelve liberal arts colleges:Albion, Antioch, Denison, DePauw, Earlham. Hope, Kalamazoo, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Wabash and .01yooster. The average age of these institutions is now one hundred thirty-nine years. The oldest, Kenyon, was founded in 1824 and the two youngest, Hope and Wooster, one year after the Civil War ended. Because GLCA was created as a link between colleges with such long- p established traditions, the best approach to understanding the nature of the consortium is to examine the contours of the colleges. Their common origins in a decisive historical period provides thstrongest and. most enduring element of solidarity