The Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area (ACCA) is a consortium of 13 private liberal arts colleges that was formed in 1966. ACCA’s primary objective is to promote collegiate education in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, psychology, sociology/anthropology, and business/economics by stimulating and regularizing cooperative arrangements between the member colleges and universities and other educational and research institutions in the use of staff and facilities. Learn more about ACCA.
For more information on ACCA, please contact:
Sharon K. Robbert, Ph.D.
ACCA Executive Director
srobbert@accachicago.org
News and Announcements
Remember that the ACCA Faculty Pedagogy Symposium is Saturday at the Oak Brook campus of Lewis University. Directions to find the location can be found in the Sched app or on the Lewis website: https://www.lewisu.edu/campuses/oakbrook/ Abstracts for the talks can be downloaded from the pdf document below.
Read MoreStudents and faculty from ACCA schools are invited to participate in a virtual information session on Monday, November 16, 2026, 3:00 — 3:50, to learn about internships at Argonne National Labs. Students who are interested in exploring internships at Argonne, those who are interested in career trajectories to work at a National Lab, those interested…
Read MoreDominican University will be hosting a biology seminar on October 27, 7:00 — 9:00 PM. Patrycja Aksamit, Depaul University and the Field Museum of Natural History, will be presenting “A barcode library for the herpetofauna of Chicagoland, with insights into genetic diversity of urban ecosystems.” A printable poster can be downloaded below. Registration for this…
Read MoreThe ACCA Faculty Pedagogy Symposium will be Saturday, October 24, at Lewis University (Oak Brook campus). Faculty from all disciplines who serve at a member institution are welcome to attend this free event! Registration is available at https://2026accapedagogysymposium.sched.com/about. Please consider submitting a proposal for a parallel session or to lead a faculty workshop. To do…
Read MoreOver the course of an academic year, the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area has a variety of opportunities to engage with colleagues from member organizations. For more information on any of these activities, contact the executive director at srobbert@accachicago.org.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for the October 24 ACCA Faculty Symposium is Dr. David Rettinger of the University of Tulsa. Dr. Rettinger is the author of the book The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI. Registration and a call for papers will be available closer…
Read MoreSave Saturday, April 17, 2027, on your calendars for the 2027 Student Research Symposium. The University of St. Francis will be hosting the event.
Read MorePlease save these dates for ACCA events in the 2026-27 academic year:
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