*General Studies | Program Guide: Websites

This guidebook is provided by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), an academic consortium of 12 research universities founded in 1958. Among other activities, CIC universities collaborate to make graduate education more accessible for students from all backgrounds.

The Success Center provides access to institutional resources and allows you to browse a catalog of training videos, podcasts, and other materials that will help aid in your student success.

Confluence: The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies is a national, interdisciplinary journal published by the AGLSP that reflects the best scholarly and creative work of students and faculty of member programs.

Interested in pursuing graduate school in the CIC? Check out our graduate programs!

An international consortium of scholars and teachers, H-Net creates and coordinates Internet networks with the common objective of advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. H-Net is committed to pioneering the use of new communication technology to facilitate the free exchange of academic ideas and scholarly resources.

Through the Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) initiative, the Association of American College and Universities (AAC&U) is helping students, their parents, policymakers, and others understand what really matters in college—the kinds of learning that will truly empower college students to succeed and make a difference in the twenty-first century. Launched in 2005, LEAP is organized around a robust set of essential learning outcomes designed to help all college students prepare to succeed in a challenging world.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers connects campus recruiting and career services professionals, and provides best practices, trends, research, professional development, and conferences.

The American Studies Association is the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history.

AIS is an interdisciplinary professional organization founded in 1979 to promote the interchange of ideas among scholars and administrators in all of the arts and sciences on intellectual and organizational issues related to furthering integrative studies.

AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education.

The Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs is the professional organization of academic programs providing graduate interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences for working adults.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers connects campus recruiting and career services professionals, and provides best practices, trends, research, professional development, and conferences.

The National Women's Studies Association has as one of its primary objectives promoting and supporting the production and dissemination of knowledge about women and gender through teaching, learning, research and service in academic and other settings.

Broad-based listing of professional groups and networks sponsored by University of Waterloo Library, Canada.

It is the mission of the Virginia Tech Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Honor Society to promote and recognize interdisciplinary research at VT and throughout the United States.