About CAEC
Mission & GOALS
Charlotte Area Educational Consortium fosters the highest standard of collegiate, university and professional education for the region. To fulfill this mission, the members of the consortium support (1) engendering a spirit of willing cooperation, respecting always the autonomy of each institution; (2) removing barriers to cooperation that may exist among the institutions; (3) developing programs to ensure the most effective use of resources available among the institutions; and (4) promoting the Consortium as a resource for the region.
In light of its mission, the Consortium has these goals:
- Afford students access to broader educational experiences both curricular and extracurricular.
- Foster collaborative sponsorship programs and projects.
- Encourage cooperation among the administrators, faculty, and students of the member institutions.
- Encourage multi-institutional use of faculty and faculty exchanges among institutions.
- Promote resource sharing.
- Act as a forum for sharing information among member Institutions.
- Articulate to the region the resources available through the Consortium and its member institutions.
Further Information:
Further information about the Charlotte Area Educational Consortium, its members and activities may be obtained by further browsing this site, or directly from the Chairperson of the Executive Committee.
MEMBERSHIP [top]
Membership in the Charlotte Area Educational Consortium consists of two categories: regular membership and associate membership. Regular membership is open to any nonprofit college or university based in the Charlotte metropolitan region which is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The annual membership fee for regular members for 2001-02 is $400. Associate membership in the Consortium is open to appropriately accredited institutions and other nonprofit organizations who support the purpose of the Consortium but do not qualify for regular membership. Associate members may attend and participate in discussions at all meetings; however, they are not extended voting privileges. The annual membership fee for associate members for 2001-02 is $200. The Consortium is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of the chief administrative officers of the member colleges and universities and a Council comprised of the chief academic officers and delegates from the member institutions.
ACTIVITIES [top]
Full-time students at regular member colleges and universities are eligible to participate in the inter-institutional student exchange program of the Consortium. This enables them to enroll in some courses at other CAEC schools without paying additional fees. A teacher educational division provides networking and information for member institutions involved in higher education. Special discipline divisions are encouraged and supported. Two representatives from each member institution are eligible to attend the Administrative Leadership Institutes underwritten by member dues. A library cooperative program allows faculty the use of other libraries to supplement their home institution's resources. The Consortium also sponsors faculty visitations, as well as conferences and forums dealing with issues in higher education.