GCCCU Answers to Common Questions
Q. What is the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities?
GCCCU is an alliance of 15 colleges and universities in the Greater Cincinnati Area. The organization was formed in 1974 to promote cooperation and collaboration among its member colleges and universities. Through association and collaboration, the members, strive to enhance the vitality of higher education and strengthen each individual institution, its faculty, its administration, and its student body.
Q. What institutions are members of GCCCU?
The GCCCU member institutions are:
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
Chatfield College
Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
College of Mount St. Joseph
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Sciences (Associate Memeber)
Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Miami University (including the Hamilton and Middletown Branches)
Northern Kentucky University (including Chase College of Law)
Thomas More College
Union Institute & University
University of Cincinnati (including Clermont College and Raymond
Walters College)
Wilmington College (including the Cincinnati Branch)
Xavier University
Q. What is Cross-Registration?
Cross-Registration is a program sponsored by GCCCU which enables a matriculated, degree-seeking student at a GCCCU member institution to take courses at another GCCCU member institution. The student interested in cross-registering must be enrolled at least part-time at their “home” institution and must obtain all appropriate approvals from both the home and host institutions before registering. Students who cross-register pay the tuition at their home institution, but are responsible for course-related fees to the host institution.
Please view the Cross-Registration Policies and Procedures on the GCCCU Website
as well as contact the Registrar’s Office at your “home”
institution for more specific information.
Q. How do I Cross-Register?
You will first need to obtain approval to cross-register at another GCCCU institution from the institution at which you are degree-seeking. Once you have obtained the appropriate approvals at your “home” institution, you will receive an approved Cross-Registration Form to take to the GCCCU institution at which you want to cross-register.
You should contact the Registrar’s Office at your “home” institution to obtain details on the approval process at the “home” institution. The Cross-Registration contact person at your “home” institution will be able to provide more detailed information regarding the contact person and the cross-registration procedures at the “host” institution.
Q. Can I have copies of the Guide to Admissions and Financial Aid?
Yes, you may contact the GCCCU Office at 513-487-1147 or send an e-mail to gcccu@tui.edu to request copies. Please include the following information with your request:
Name
School, agency or organization
Address
Phone number
E-mail address (if applicable)
How many copies you are requesting
The copies of the Guides are free. We ask your assistance in making arrangements for the Guides to be picked u p at the GCCCU Office at 440 E. McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH.
Q. Can I have copies of the Guide to Summer Enrichment Programs for
Middle and High Schools Students?
Yes, you may contact the GCCCU Office at 513-487-1147 or send an e-mail to gcccu@tui.edu to request copies. Please include the following information with your request:
Name
School, agency or organization
Address
Phone number
E-mail address (if applicable)
How many copies you are requesting
The copies of the Guides are free. We ask your assistance in making arrangements for the Guides to be picked u p at the GCCCU Office at 440 E. McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH.
Q. Can I get a Copy of the Disabilities Handbook for Faculty?
Unfortunately, the Disabilities Handbook for Faculty is no longer available in print. You may access the information on the GCCCU Website under the Faculty & Staff Button.
Q. How can I get information about the health insurance for Part-time
and Adjunct Faculty?
The health insurance is available to part-time/adjunct faculty at any GCCCU member institution. The policy is available through Riverwatch Insurance in Northern Kentucky. You may contact agent Melissa Lusby at 859-331-6994 or through e-mail at melissalusby@fuse.net with any questions regarding the policy and how to proceed.
Q. What are the GCCCU Office Hours?
The GCCCU office operates on a part-time basis. Generally, staff members are available between 8 AM – 2 PM Monday through Thursday from mid-August through mid-June. The GCCCU Office operates on a reduced schedule during the summer.
Please feel free to contact the GCCCU office at 513-487-1147 or through e-mail at gcccu@tui.edu at any time. GCCCU staff do check voicemail and e-mail regularly when not physically in the office.
Q. Are credits automatically transferable among the 15 GCCCU member
institutions?
While all of the GCCCU member institutions are regionally accredited, whether or not a specific course is acceptable for transfer is determined by the transfer of credit policies approved at each individual member institution.
Credits earned through cross-registration have been pre-approved for acceptance back at the “home” institution prior to the cross-registration. However, how credits earned through cross-registration are applied to a student’s transcript is again subject to the individual member institution’s policies.