URBANA – Like thousands of high school students, top academic administrators from the University of Nebraska made a campus visit Wednesday, learning about the University of Illinois, the Big Ten and the consortium of top schools that will now include the Lincoln, Neb., campus.

Ellen Weissinger, who is the equivalent of provost at Nebraska, said her campus has much to offer to Illinois and the Champaign-based Committee on Institutional Cooperation, an organization made up of the Big Ten and the University of Chicago.

In June, Nebraska formally asked to join the Big Ten effective next year, saying the school is more “aligned” with the Big Ten when it comes to academics, culture and athletics than its former conference, the Big 12.

Through the CIC, Nebraska will share courses, particularly in distance learning, as well as academic materials and even study abroad programs, while also participating in a purchasing cooperative that Weissinger said could eventually save her institution millions of dollars.

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More than 100 students, including one 14-year-old, will graduate from a unique high school in Lincoln Friday, but few will be there for the ceremony.

Each year, more than 100 students from across the country and around the world earn their high school diplomas from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Independent Study High School.

A commencement ceremony and reception will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Nebraska Union, 14th and R streets, to honor the 113 graduates who make up the ISHS Class of 2010.

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