BIG TEN ACADEMIC ALLIANCE

Promoting collaboration and cooperation among research universities by sharing expertise, leveraging campus resources, and collaborating on innovative academic and research programs, namely, promoting collaboration within the scientific and research communities between Chief Academic Officers, Chief Information Officers, Deans of Arts and Sciences, Library Directors, Graduate Deans, Senior International Officers, Procurement Directors and others in university leadership roles via face-to-face and virtual meetings, conferences and workshops to achieve advances in the field of higher education to develop leaders, leverage shared IT infrastructure and library resources, create operational efficiencies and cost savings, and share administrative best practices

Organization of universities and university research groups for educational and research purposes in the areas of library science, electronic content sharing, shared information technology infrastructure, academic and faculty leadership development and best practices related to the same; organizing live university conferences and meetings in the field of collegiate level education and research in the fields of library science, electronic content sharing, shared information technology infrastructure, academic and faculty leadership development and best practices related to the same for non-business and non-commercial purposes