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Welcome to Volusia-Flagler Higher Education Consortium
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Member Organizations
Founded in 2000, the Consortium is a charter membership organization composed of colleges and universities that are home-based in Central Florida: Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Stetson University, and University of Central Florida
Membership Criteria:
- Degree granting institutions, with multi-disciplines
- Not-for-profit
- Compatible institutional missions
- Regionally accredited
- Address challenges facing education – K-12 and Higher Education
- Shared common value of community empowerment
- Historical commitment to county
- Commitment to joint ventures – collaboration and shared resources
Visit the individual member sites at the "Partners" link
Purpose
The consortium will promote and strengthen the established bonds among member institutions while fostering interaction and initiatives. Further, the consortium will provide a forum for the member institutions to address the challenges facing not-for-profit higher education institutions and education in general today.Finally, the consortium will enable higher education to play its appropriate role, sometimes leading and always supporting efforts to add value to the community in the following areas: economic development, community service, cultural enrichment, and shared student opportunities in curricular and extracurricular activities.
Economic Development
The consortium has developed a Virtual Entrepreneur Center web site to promote economic development in Volusia/Flagler counties by directing online traffic to the appropriate resources. This site provides access to information which will aid business and industry in other areas that may be interested in relocating to this area, as well as those in the local community that may be interested in expanding their business.
Visit the Virtual Entrepreneur Center site at http://www.vfvec.org or at the "Economic Development link provided under the Quick Links.
watch the movie "Partners for Economic Prosperity"
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