Did You Know There Is a 'Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area'?

Did you even know that such a consortium existed? Here's a link to a Today's Campus interview with the consortium's President & CEO, John Childers. And here's a link to the consortium's website. A quote from the interview:

Each of our 14 universities can focus on what it does best. Each one doesn't have to be the best at everything. A student at any of the member schools can take courses and use certain facilities of any other. This is a contributing factor to Washington, DC being considered a top U.S. college town. The Wall Street Journal ranks Washington as the number one college magnet city in the U.S. Young people are coming to Washington to make a difference.

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Regional SCUP Events! Enjoy the F2F company of your colleagues and peers at one of three SCUP regional conferences this spring:

• March 14–16: Baltimore, MD
• March 24–26: Cambridge, MA
• April 5–7, San Diego, CA