About
This group is dedicated to expanding the professional practices of career services as it relates to career counseling/advising, employer relations and programming. The Hire Big 10+ Consortium is an affinity group within the Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers (Midwest ACE).
Membership Institutions
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Penn State University, University Park, PA
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Membership Institutions
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Penn State University, University Park, PA
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
DePaul University,
Chicago, IL
University of
Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE
The University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Early History
The importance of university collaboration has manifested itself throughout the past decade. With educational needs continuing to grow, establishing cohesive bonds between similar universities can only benefit each institution as a whole, both educationally and financially. This necessary bond was the mission of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). Established in Chicago in the winter of 1956 by the Presidents of each Big Ten University, this group, originally called Council of 10, agreed to form a committee whose sole purpose was to create a successful means of cooperation across state and institutional boundaries. Today, the CIC is led by the Provosts of each member institution. In an attempt to expand the CIC to focus beyond athletics, the university administrators believed that forming an educational subset of the CIC would aid in expanding and leveraging the resources of each university. Thus, the Hire Big 10 Plus Consortium was born.
Recent History
Having hosted numerous events to unite students and alumni with employers in the Chicago market, the Hire Big 10+ Consortium developed natural partnerships with Chicago-based institutions, including DePaul University, who was invited to join the Consortium in 2007. With the expansion of the group came about inherent structural changes which allowed us to reassess our core mission and values. As a result of our recent assessment, the Hire Big 10 Plus Consortium has re-aligned itself as a standing committee within the Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers. The Hire Big Ten Plus Consortium, a collaborative group of career services representatives from the thirteen Big Ten Schools, the University of Chicago, DePaul University and the University of Notre Dame, shares best practices and works with students and employers from across the country to provide exemplary programming and support to students as well as staff.
Allerton Conference
The Hire Big 10+ Conference allows this network of career services professionals to gather together to learn and collaborate with each other around topics that relate to career services, career counseling/advising, employer relations, programming, and more.
Below is a list of past Allerton conference hosts:
2011 – Indiana University
2012 – University of Michigan
2013 – University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign (at Allerton)
2014 – The Ohio State University
2015 – University of Minnesota
2016 – The University of Chicago
2017 – University of Maryland
2018 – University of Wisconsin-Madison
2019 – The University of Iowa
2020 – Rutgers University (Virtual)
2021 – Purdue University (Virtual)
2022 – University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Virtual)
2023 – Penn State University
2024 – Indiana University