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BIG TEN CONTINUES TO EXPAND NATIONAL REACH
On July 1, 2011, the University of Nebraska became an official member of the Big
Ten Conference, increasing the Big Ten’s membership to 12 institutions for the
first time in conference history. The addition of Nebraska marked the Big Ten’s first
expansion since Penn State University joined the conference in June of 1990. The
nation’s oldest conference will continue to grow with the addition of Maryland
and Rutgers in 2014-15. Currently, the Big Ten Conference is a union of 12 worldclass academic institutions – who share a common mission of research, graduate,
professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. The conference’s
100-plus years of history, strong tradition of competitive intercollegiate athletic
programs, vast and passionate alumni base, and consistent leadership in
innovations position the Big Ten and its entire community firmly on the Big Stage.
The Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies
that enforce the priority of academics [