How colleges can become ACM Program Affiliates
For half a century, the member colleges of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) have jointly operated off-campus study programs around the world that offer interdisciplinary approaches, personal attention, independent projects, and experience with diverse viewpoints and ways of learning.
Most ACM off-campus study programs are open to students from any college. Colleges that are not members of the ACM may wish to pursue affiliation with particular ACM off-campus study programs. Becoming a Program Affiliate can provide a variety of benefits for the affiliated college and its students, as outlined below.
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ACM Program Affiliates receive these benefits: |
- Include the affiliated ACM program(s) among the programs it recommends for its students.
- Identify a faculty member on campus who can advise students about the program.
- Accept credit for academic work by students who enroll in the program based on the ACM grade recommendation form.
- Allow students participating on the affiliated ACM program(s) to continue to receive as much of their financial aid package as possible.
- Pay student participant educational costs and program fees to ACM, and then bill students according to campus policies.
- Participate in ACM surveys related to off-campus study.
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- A discount of 5% on program educational costs.
- Priority in application consideration over students from non-affiliated colleges.
- The opportunity to send a faculty observer to the annual Faculty Advisory Committee meeting – held for each ACM program and focused on program development and academic oversight.
- Regular updates about the program and student(s) on the program.
- The opportunity to send faculty or staff to visit ACM program sites and meet with program faculty and support staff.
- Reports on ACM surveys related to off-campus study.
- External Program Review reports for the affiliated program(s).
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All requests for program affliation will be reviewed by the ACM Board of Directors. Formal affiliation between a college and the ACM is not required for students to participate in most ACM off-campus study programs.
Colleges wishing to pursue affiliation for a particular ACM program(s) should contact:
Scott Ozaroski
ACM Director of Marketing and Recruiting
E-mail: sozaroski@acm.edu
Phone: 312.263.5000