Bylaws of “THE COLLEGES
OF SPARTANBURG”
Consortium Members
Located in Spartanburg in the Piedmont foothills of upstate South
Carolina, “The Colleges of Spartanburg” is a consortium
of six institutions of higher education including Converse College,
Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic, Spartanburg Methodist
College, Spartanburg Community College, University of South Carolina
Upstate and Wofford College.
City of Spartanburg
The City of Spartanburg is extraordinary for several reasons. Located
on the I-85 corridor connecting Atlanta and Charlotte, it is part
of the economic engine and population center of the State of South
Carolina. Spartanburg County has the highest per capita investment
of international capital of any county in the nation. And, further,
the City has the highest per capita college student population of
any major city in the State. With its six diverse institutions of
higher education, Spartanburg is South Carolina’s “Collegetown.”
Consortium Mission and Goals
“The Colleges of Spartanburg” is a not-for-profit consortium
of public and private accredited colleges and universities located
in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Its mission is to capitalize on
the advantages offered by the large number of diverse colleges in
order to create educational, social and service opportunities for
students; to create economic and brand development opportunities
for the City; and to create and sustain partnership advantages among
the colleges themselves.
The Consortium is committed to the following goals ...
- to advance the realty and the identity of the City of Spartanburg
as a vibrant “college town”;
- to create opportunities for students’ and institutions’
connections with the City;
- to enhance students’ academic, social and service opportunities
through institutional collaborations;
- to seek resource savings and programmatic enrichment opportunities
among colleges through collaboration; and,
- to further the missions of member institutions individually.
Consortium Vision
... to develop a positive national image and reputation for “The
Colleges of Spartanburg” and for Spartanburg as a college
town.
Consortium Governance
A board of directors comprised of the colleges’ chief executive
officers governs the Consortium. The role of the board chairperson
is shared on a one-year rotating basis among the six colleges’
executive officers.
All Consortium policies and major activities must be approved by
the board, subject as appropriate to approvals by members’
institutional governance bodies.
The board may appoint committees to develop and implement activities
of the Consortium subject to approval and continuing review by the
board. For example ...
- chief advancement officers may be charged to work together with
the City on “collegetown” related downtown development;
- chief student affairs officers may be charged to plan a fall
concert and day of service.
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