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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