Information about Great Lakes Colleges Association

The Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc. (GLCA), is a consortium of twelve liberal arts colleges located in the U.S. states of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. It was chartered in the state of Michigan and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1962. The GLCA offices are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise offers the following definition of the liberal arts as a, "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge
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State of Michigan

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Nickname(s): The Wolverine State,
The Great Lakes State,
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State of Ohio

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Nickname(s): The Buckeye State,
"Birthplace of Aviation" "The Heart Of It All"

Motto(s): With God, all things are possible

Official language(s) English de facto
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The State of Indiana

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Nickname(s): The Hoosier State

Motto(s): The Crossroads of America

Official language(s) English

Capital Indianapolis (785,597)

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A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes.
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City of Ann Arbor

Nickname: A-squared, A2, Ace Deuce, A-2, Tree-town
Location of Ann Arbor within Washtenaw County, Michigan.
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Albion College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Albion, Michigan. Related to the United Methodist Church, it was founded in 1835 and was the first private college in Michigan to have a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. It has a student population of about 1900.
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Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States, and is the founder and flagship institution of the six campus Antioch University system.
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Denison University is a highly selective private liberal arts and sciences college in Granville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles (50 km) east of Columbus. Denison was founded in 1831. It has a current enrollment of about 2,000 students.
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DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University.
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Earlham College is a national, selective Quaker liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. It was founded in 1847 and has approximately 1,200 students. The current president is Douglas C. Bennett.
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Hope College is a medium-sized (3,200 undergraduates), private, residential liberal arts college located in downtown Holland, Michigan, a few miles from Lake Michigan. It was opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled.
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Kalamazoo College ("K" College or "K") is a private, highly selective liberal arts college located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1833, the institution was American Baptist in origin, and acknowledges its historical relationship with that
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Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private institution of higher education in Ohio.
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Oberlin College is a highly selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. It was founded in 1833 by progressive Christians, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top ranked liberal arts college with a top-ranked conservatory.
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Ohio Wesleyan University (also known as Wesleyan or OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five —
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Wabash College is a small private liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Along with Hampden-Sydney College, Deep Springs College, and Morehouse College, Wabash is one of the only four remaining mainstream all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United
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The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its "Independent Study" program (see below). It has roughly 1,800 students and is located in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio (approximately 60 miles south of Cleveland).
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The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III athletic conference composed of schools located in the midwestern United States.
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Albion College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Albion, Michigan. Related to the United Methodist Church, it was founded in 1835 and was the first private college in Michigan to have a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. It has a student population of about 1900.
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Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States, and is the founder and flagship institution of the six campus Antioch University system.
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Denison University is a highly selective private liberal arts and sciences college in Granville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles (50 km) east of Columbus. Denison was founded in 1831. It has a current enrollment of about 2,000 students.
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Earlham College is a national, selective Quaker liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. It was founded in 1847 and has approximately 1,200 students. The current president is Douglas C. Bennett.
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Hope College is a medium-sized (3,200 undergraduates), private, residential liberal arts college located in downtown Holland, Michigan, a few miles from Lake Michigan. It was opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled.
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Kalamazoo College ("K" College or "K") is a private, highly selective liberal arts college located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1833, the institution was American Baptist in origin, and acknowledges its historical relationship with that
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Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private institution of higher education in Ohio.
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Oberlin College is a highly selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. It was founded in 1833 by progressive Christians, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top ranked liberal arts college with a top-ranked conservatory.
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Ohio Wesleyan University (also known as Wesleyan or OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five —
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