“The combined budgets of The Alliance member institutions are more than $1 billion,” said President of The Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities Brent Wilder. “We need to find the right platform

“Without the Core Affiliate Network, we could not afford the resources and expertise that are driving our transformation. We are stabilizing and modernizing our technology platform. We are strengthening our institutional research. And

“There are big opportunities for institutions that leverage Core as a supporting organization. In my work with faith-based institutions, I often see the need for knowledgeable external support that appreciates how important it

“Core enabled a group of our institutions to launch a workforce development initiative that would have been very expensive if each tried to do it on their own.”