Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies

“The Form 990 was provided to all members of the managing committee for their review and approval prior to submission.”

“Disclosure of any conflicts of interest are made to supervisors and to the managing committee for review and resolution.”

“Salaries for all employees are determined annually by the managing committee. Salaries for the Professor in Charge and all instructional staff are set at competetive rates based on salaries paid for similar programs by other colleges and universities. Salaries for support staff are determined based on years of service and responsibilities assumed by the individual staff member. All salaries are approved during the annual budget process by the managing committee.”

“ICCS WILL MAKE THEIR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS and form 990 ARE also MADE AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR.ORG.”

“DUKE UNIVERSITY STUDY ABROAD OFFICE MANAGES THE APPLICATION, enrollment, grades, tuition and all other related ACTIVITIES for the students OF ICCS, IN EXCHANGE FOR AN ANNUAL MANAGEMENT FEE.”

“NOW IN ITS 56th YEAR, ICCS PROVIDES THE PREMIER PROGRAM IN ROME FOR AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATES STUDYING ANCIENT HISTORY, ART HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, GREEK, AND LATIN. OVER 75 FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME HAD BEEN ICCS STUDENTS, FACULTY MEMBERS, OR BOTH. WORLD LEADERS IN ART, LITERATURE, MUSIC, BUSINESS, LAW, MEDICINE, AND ACADEMIA HAVE STUDIED AT ICCS. WITH AN ENDOWMENT OF OVER $11 MILLION, ICCS OFFERS GENEROUS NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS. A CONSORTIUM OF OVER 100 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, ICCS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE THE IVY LEAGUE, MAJOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES, AND OUTSTANDING LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES. ICCS ENROLLS APPROXIMATELY 36 STUDENTS EACH SEMESTER. TWO SEMESTERS OF STUDY ARE OFFERED ANNUALLY. EACH SEMESTER PROVIDES FIFTEEN WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION AND OFFERS ACADEMIC CREDIT TRANSCRIPTED BY DUKE UNIVERSITY. THE PROGRAM OF STUDY IS BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE COURSE, THE ANCIENT CITY, WHICH INTEGRATES THE TOPOGRAPHY OF ANCIENT ROME WITH ITS SOCIAL HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE. BECAUSE OF ITS INTENSITY AND REQUIREMENT OF TIME, THIS COURSE BRINGS THE ACADEMIC CREDIT OF TWO REGULAR SEMESTER COURSES. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES MANY VISITS TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MUSEUMS, BOTH IN ROME AND ITS VICINITY (E.G. OSTIA, COSA, AND HADRIAN'S VILLA AT TIVOLI) AND LONGER FIELD TRIPS TO PARTS OF ITALY INCLUDING THE BAY OF NAPLES (E.G. POMPEII, HERCULANEUM, CUMAE), SICILY (E.G. SYRACUSE, AGRIGENTO, PALERMO), NORTHERN ITALY (E.G. SIRMIO, RAVENNA, BOLOGNA) AND OTHER DESTINATIONS IN KEEPING WITH FACULTY SPECIALTIES. THE STUDY OF THE CLASSICAL LANGUAGES IS A CENTRAL PART OF THE CURRICULUM, YET QUALIFIED STUDENTS WITHOUT PREPARATION IN GREEK OR LATIN MAY FASHION A CURRICULUM BUILT FROM COURSES OFFERED IN THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE AT THE INTRODUCTORY LEVEL, IN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART, AND IN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION STUDIES. ICCS OFFERS MANY CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING AN INTERNSHIP IN THE STUDY COLLECTION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, THE BABCOCK LECTURE SERIES GIVEN BY PREDOCTORAL FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, AND, OCCASIONALLY, OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE SOPRAINTENDENZA ARCHEOLOGICA IN ROME.”

“Salaries for the organization are paid in both Italy and the United States. Italian employees are paid in Italy and all tax filings are done with the Italian government as these employees are all Italian citizens, that work exclusively in italy. There are also professors working in Italy as visiting instructors that are paid a salary. These professors may be United States citizens or citizens of other countries. The professors may be paid directly by the organization through payroll reported on the W-2's and W-3's by the Center to the US Treasury or through a reimbursment for wages and benefits to their home institutions in the United States, who then are responsible for the wage reporting and payment of taxes for these employees.”

“Included in other changes in net assets is $(3,799) in foreign exchange loss.”