Associated Colleges of the Midwest
Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) is a consortium of 14 private liberal arts colleges, primarily in the Midwestern United States. The 14 colleges are located in five states (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado). The ACM was established in 1958 and is headquartered in Chicago. The consortium's current president is Sonya Malunda.
Member colleges
The ACM member colleges are:
Activities
One of the ACM's largest initiatives is coordination of several off-campus study programs, which are available to students at any college or university, though many participants come from the ACM member institutions. Study programs include both domestic programs and international programs (study abroad). ACM off-campus study programs have been offered since 1960. Many programs emphasize off-campus study with a liberal arts perspective.
The following programs are currently offered:
- International
- Botswana: Development in Southern Africa
- Brazil: Semester Exchange Program
- Costa Rica: Community Engagement in Public Health, Education, & the Environment
- Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities
- Florence: Arts, Humanities, & Culture
- India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization
- India: Development Studies & Hindi Language
- India: Summer Service Learning & Cultural Immersion
- Japan Study
- Jordan: Middle East & Arabic Language Studies
- London & Florence: Arts in Context
- Mexico: Summer Service Learning & Language Immersion
- Tanzania: Ecology & Human Origins
- Domestic
- Chicago Program: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies
- Newberry Seminar: Research in the Humanities
- Oak Ridge Science Semester
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