A number of benefits accrue to traditional undergraduate-focused universities that join the Coalition for the Common Good, chief among them that members keep their distinctive undergraduate identity, branding, curriculum and athletic programs. Joining the Coalition allows members to refocus their attention and their resources on serving traditional undergraduates, rather than trying to be all things to all people.
A market research survey of 729 high school juniors and seniors found that an overwhelming majority would be more interested in a college or university that was a member of an integrated system of universities like the Coalition. 83% of surveyed high school students were more interested in a college or university that was part of a system, with 44% being significantly more interested. Students were most interested in accelerated degree programs, connections to more companies for internships and job possibilities and the opportunity to take courses from any member of the institution.
A number of benefits exist for undergraduate students who are enrolled on member campuses, making membership in the Coalition for the Common Good a distinctive asset to your enrollment plan.
Graduate Early Admission Pathways, or GEAPS, allow undergraduate students to apply to Antioch master’s programs during the fall term of their junior year of undergraduate study. If accepted, students are provisionally admitted to the master’s program and take three Antioch graduate courses their senior year while completing their undergraduate degree. The courses are included in the student’s undergraduate tuition. Depending on the undergraduate institution’s regional accreditor and state regulations, students may be able to count a certain number of those credits towards both an undergraduate and graduate degree. For example, in Ohio, the state allows 9 hours of graduate credit to apply to the undergraduate degree and the master’s degree.
Once a student completes the undergraduate degree, they are enrolled full-time in the Antioch master’s program as long as they have a 3.0 or higher GPA in their Antioch coursework.
Member institutions can duplicate the 20 GEAPS that exist currently or bring interested faculty together to create new pathways. Institutional Curriculum Committees review and approve the GEAPs providing transparency and institutional buy-in.
Art Therapy
Human Services Administration
Athletic Training
Individualized Study in Environmental Sciences
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Individualized Study in the Humanities
Conservation Biology
Individualized Study in the Social Science
Couples and Family Therapy
MBA
Environmental Education
MBA for Engineers
Equine Non-Profit Management
Non-Profit Management
Exercise and Health Science
Reading – Education
Family and Couples Therapy
Social Justice and Sustainability
Healthcare Administration
TESOL – Education
Member institutions can work together to create “Study Away” programs, short-term or semester-length programs on another member’s campus. Short-term programs require input from both the home and receiving campus as the courses tend to be immersive in nature and designed specifically for the experience. Semester-long programs can use existing courses offered at the receiving campus with credit transferred back to the home institution.
Members may increase student choice, and lower individual student costs, by allowing students to participate in cross-institutional Study Abroad programs. Institutions may plan new programs together or allow students from other member institutions to join existing Study Abroad programs. By considering travel together, Member institutions benefit from efficiencies through joint planning and purchasing.
Member institutions can choose to cross list courses, if offered online, allowing students additional choice in electives. Member institutions may also choose to create sections of courses for students from other members to eliminate low enrolled courses.
