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Causes: Education
Mission: Georgia independent college association, inc ("gica") supports private higher education in georgia in the areas of public policy, increased public awareness, fund raising for student financial aid, and collaborative projects, in partnership with institutions, business and community leaders.
Programs: Grants and allocations: in accordance with the executive committee approved distribution of funds policy of gica, all undesignated funds are distributed 60 percent equally to the member colleges and 40 percent to such colleges in proportion to total regular, full-time undergraduate enrollment in the colleges of arts and sciences. Designated funds are distributed to the colleges specified by the donor.
compliance collaborative program - the compliance collaborative program ("ccp") is a collaboration of 14 gica member institutions to assist participants by providing training and guidance regarding various compliance-related issues under the guidance of the compliance program director. The immediate areas of focus include the americans with disabilities act, title ix, the clery act, and the violence against women act. However, the exact topics will shift in any given year with the needs of the participating institutions. During 2017, the ccp offered 4 different policy reviews/discussions for all participating institutions. In addition, 99 employees from the 14 institutions participated in 6 different topic trainings. Finally, two webinars were distributed to the 14 institutions for their use to meet ongoing training needs among their staff and faculty members.