Its mission is to champion and enhance residential liberal arts education through collaborative projects among its member institutions.
The Associated Colleges of the South seeks to enhance member excellence and reduce costs through collaboration.
Collaborative efforts include: sharing of best practices; professional networking for faculty, staff and administrators through online communities and regular, in-person meetings; and joint-service activities such as shared legal counsel.
A special focus has been collaborations that advance diversity and inclusion on member campuses, or that help faculty develop new skills and new pedagogical approaches, especially those that use the internet and computing.
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