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The '''Great Lakes Colleges Association''' ('''GLCA''') is a [[consortium]] of 13 [[liberal arts college]]s located in the [[U.S. state|states]] around the [[Great Lakes]]. The GLCA's offices are located in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] and its 13 schools are located in [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Indiana]]. It was chartered in the state of Michigan and incorporated as a [[501(c)|501(c)(3)]] [[non-profit organization]] in 1962.<ref name=About>{{cite web|url= https://www.glca.org/about/ |title=About Us| publisher=Great Lakes Colleges Association|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref> Its stated mission is to take actions that will help strengthen and preserve its colleges, being a leading force on behalf of education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences.<ref name=About/><br />
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The organization is the founder and administrator of the [[Global Liberal Arts Alliance]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://liberalartsalliance.org/about-us/ |title=About Us| publisher=Global Liberal Arts Alliance|accessdate= April 30, 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Operations==<br />
GLCA operates a Tuition Remission Exchange involving its 13 colleges plus [[Beloit College]], [[Grinnell College]], [[Willamette University]], and [[Wittenberg University]], by which students eligible for tuition remission because of parental employment at one of the colleges will receive tuition remission at any one of the other colleges in the Exchange.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wittenberg.edu/admission/exchange-programs |title=Tuition Exchange Programs|publisher= Office of Admissions, Wittenberg University|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.glca.org/faculty/tuition-remission-exchange/ |title= Tuition Remission Exchange |publisher=Great Lakes Colleges Association|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref><br />
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GLCA awards three literary prizes annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer to honor their first books. Winning authors receive all-expense-paid trips to several of GLCA’s member colleges, at which they will be paid an honorarium of at least $500 to meet with students, give readings, and lead discussions.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://contester.club/great-lakes/ |title= Great Lakes Colleges Association, New Writers Awards|publisher=Contester’s Club|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref><br />
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[[The Philadelphia Center]], which offers an off-campus study program with the opportunity to gain college credit while living and learning independently in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], is managed and operated by Albion College in partnership with the GLCA.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tpc.edu |title=The Philly Off-Campus Experience|publisher=The Philadelphia Center|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref><br />
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The consortium extended its first offer of membership in 46 years to [[Allegheny College]] in 2008.<br />
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==Member institutions==<br />
The GLCA's member institutions are:<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.glca.org/our-colleges/ |title=Our Colleges|publisher=Great Lakes Colleges Association|accessdate=April 30, 2021}}</ref><br />
*[[Albion College]]<br />
*[[Allegheny College]]<br />
*[[Antioch College]]<br />
*[[Denison University]]<br />
*[[DePauw University]]<br />
*[[Earlham College]]<br />
*[[Hope College]]<br />
*[[Kalamazoo College]]<br />
*[[Kenyon College]]<br />
*[[Oberlin College]]<br />
*[[Ohio Wesleyan University]]<br />
*[[Wabash College]]<br />
*[[College of Wooster]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|www.glca.org}}<br />
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