The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), formerly the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), is the academic

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of the universities in the

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...

. The consortium was renamed on June 29, 2016.

Member universities

The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of the 18 institutions that are members of the

. The

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

, a former Big Ten Conference member, was a member of the CIC from 1958 to June 29, 2016. Current members: *

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

* Rutgers University–New Brunswick *

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

* University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign *

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University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

* University of Minnesota, Twin Cities *

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the M ...

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a Public university, public research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1876, the university is organized into nine colleges and schools and offers 420 undergraduate and gra ...

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University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

History

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation was established by the presidents of the Big Ten members in 1958 as the conference's academic counterpart. An invitation extended to the

, one of the founding members of the Big Ten who withdrew from the conference in 1946, was accepted. Following its admittance to the Big Ten in 1990, the CIC invited

to join the consortium. The

also joined the consortium in 2011 following the school's admittance to the Big Ten. The

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

and

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

, who joined the Big Ten in 2014, joined the consortium on July 1, 2013. The University of California Los Angeles, the

, the

, and the

joined the consortium on August 2, 2024. On June 29, 2016, the name of the consortium was changed from "Committee on Institutional Cooperation" to "Big Ten Academic Alliance". The University of Chicago, a former

member and former member of the CIC, is not a member of the rebranded consortium, but continues to participate in programs through an affiliation agreement.

Statistics

When considered collectively, BTAA universities educate over 700,000 students, including approximately 525,000 full-time

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

students and over 175,000 full-time graduate students. BTAA universities award 29% of all agriculture Ph.D.s, 18% of engineering Ph.D.s, and 18% of humanities Ph.D.s in the United States annually. BTAA members, when viewed collectively, conducted a combined total of $17.4 billion in funded research and BTAA libraries own over 140 million volumes. Collectively, BTAA members employ approximately 57,000 full-time instructional staff.

Collaboration

The BTAA's collaborative efforts span the academic enterprise of its members, including: *cooperative purchasing and licensing *course sharing *

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programs *

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resources *

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*international collaborations * faculty networking *participant in Google Books Library Project

Cancer Research Consortium

A related institution to the BTAA, the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium (BTCRC) unites the cancer research centers of Big Ten universities through collaborative oncology trials. 14 members of the BTAA are members of the BTCRC, as well as the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Plans are in place to expand membership to include the University of California Los Angeles, the

, the

, and the

with the addition of these universities to the Big Ten. Current member cancer centers are as follows: * Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center * Michigan State University Cancer Research * Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University * Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Cancer Research Institute ("The James") * Penn State Cancer Institute * Purdue University Center for Cancer Research * Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey * University of Illinois Cancer Center (UI Chicago) * Cancer Center at Illinois (UI Urbana–Champaign) * University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center * University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center * University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center * Masonic Cancer Center (University of Minnesota) * Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (University of Nebraska) * University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center

References

External links

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