WASHINGTON, D.C.Building on the success of ten mini-grants for business and economics faculty which were awarded in 2008, an anonymous foundation has recently given the CCCU a Free Market Forum after-care grant of $120,000. This money will continue to support effectiveness in the teaching, scholarship and practice of market economics. It will also build on developed relationship with the Free Market Forum at Hillsdale College where many CCCU business and economics faculty have benefitted from the professional development opportunities.
Priority will be given to applicants who participated in at least one of the Forums offered from 2006 - 2008 and this year's Forum in September 2010. While priority will be given to CCCU faculty, creative partnerships with faculty and students from non-CCCU institutions will also be encouraged as long as the project director has attended the Forum and is from a CCCU institution.
"We face a time when it's more important than ever that faculty have opportunities to collaborate, not only to grow their scholarship, but also to expose them to new pedagogies so that student learning increases," says Mimi Barnard, vice president for professional development & research for the CCCU."Emerging leaders will be identified, new and fresh ideas will be brought forward, and existing networks will be expanded for business and economics faculty through the continued facilitation of this initiative."
The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities is a higher education association of 185 intentionally Christ-centered institutions around the world. There are now 110 member campuses in North America and all are fully-accredited, comprehensive colleges and universities with curricula rooted in the arts and sciences. In addition, 75 affiliate campuses from 23 countries are part of the CCCU. The Councils mission is to advance the cause of Christ-centered higher education and to help its institutions transform lives by faithfully relating scholarship and service to biblical truth.