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CIC Traveling Scholar
The CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation), with headquarters
in Champaign, Illinois, is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities
and the University of Chicago, with programs and activities that encompass
all aspects of university activity.
Interested faculty and students with specific questions and
students requesting a CIC Traveling Scholar Program brochure and application
may contact Andrew Lucas, Assistant
to the Dean.
Purpose:
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), the consortium
of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago, sponsors the
Traveling Scholar Program as part of its continuing effort to increase
cooperative use of its member institutions' resources.
The program enables doctoral-level students at any CIC university
to take advantage of educational opportunities--specialized courses, unique
library collections, unusual laboratories--at any other CIC university
without change in registration or increase in tuition.
Admission to the Program:
A student who wishes to become a CIC Traveling Scholar must
first consult with his or her adviser, who will determine whether the
off-campus opportunity is likely to enhance the student's education and
ascertain that the coursework is not available on the home campus. Admission
procedures follow these steps:
- The adviser discusses the proposed visit with a colleague at the host
university; both faculty members should agree that the student is qualified
to take advantage of the visit.
- The adviser sends the student's application, credentials, and details
of the visit to the Traveling Scholar Liaison Officer on the home campus.
- If the home campus Liaison Officer approves the visit, the recommendation
and the student's credentials are sent to the host campus Liaison Officer.
If both Liaison Officers approve the home campus officer notifies the
student of his or her acceptance as a CIC Traveling Scholar, and both
campus officers provide information regarding registration procedures.
Conditions of Enrollment:
Visits of Traveling Scholars may not exceed two semesters or
three quarters regardless of the number of courses taken.
Traveling Scholars remain in registration at their home university, paying
the regular fees. Traveling Scholars are not billed by the host institutions
for registration or tuition fees. However, they must provide evidence
of tuition paid at the home university.
Host universities provide health and medical services to Traveling
Scholars, as well as access to libraries, laboratories, recreational facilities,
housing, etc., on the same basis as they are made available to resident
graduate students, which may involve the payment of fees for certain services
or benefits.
Credit earned by Traveling Scholars is automatically accepted
by the home university upon receipt of grade reports or transcripts for
the host university.
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