The CIC Skills Marketplace offers faculty and staff from CIC member institutions access to quality, on-demand professional development opportunities. Explore a curated collection of skill-building certificate programs to serve our members in their unique roles and responsibilities in the independent sector.

About us

Building Community and Serving our Members

CIC strengthens independent colleges and universities and supports campus leaders on current and pressing priorities in higher education.

CIC Online Course Sharing Consortium

The CIC Online Course Sharing Consortium (CIC-OCSC) allows member institutions to work together to develop innovative solutions in a challenging academic landscape. Colleges and universities can expand academic capacity, quickly launch new programs, deliver workforce-aligned micro-credentials and stackable certificates, and reach new populations of learners.

Services for Leaders

With the CIC Faculty and Staff Skills Marketplace, our CIC members can earn certificates and complete other professional development opportunities without having to launch their own Skills Marketplace.

CIC Mission

Founded in 1956, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association of nonprofit independent colleges and universities, state-based councils, and higher education affiliates that works to support college and university leadership, advance institutional excellence, and enhance public understanding of independent higher education’s contributions to society.