IUPUI Academic Plan Progress and Assessment August 2009 • Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Signature Centers Initiative • Excellence in Teaching and Learning Enrollment Shaping Initiative • Excellence in Civic Engagement Translating Research into Practice • Enhancement of the Resource Base Fundraising Campaign IUPUI turns 40 Principal aim is to construct the strongest possible academic program at IUPUI subject to resource constraints, and showcase it aggressively.
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IUPUI Academic PlanProgress and AssessmentAugust 2009
• Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
Signature Centers Initiative• Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Enrollment Shaping Initiative• Excellence in Civic Engagement
Translating Research into Practice• Enhancement of the Resource Base
Fundraising Campaign
IUPUI turns 40
Principal aim is to construct the strongest possible academic program at IUPUI subject to resource constraints, and showcase it aggressively.
Dynamic Planning, Steady Implementation
2006-2007
■ Signature Centers Initiative
■ SRUF – Support for the Recruitment of Under-Represented Faculty
■ Faculty Retention: 3-Year Faculty Reviews
Planning without implementation is not a good idea!
2007-2008
■ Enrollment Shaping Initiative
■ Retention and Graduation■ TRIP – Translating Research into Practice
Dynamic Planning, Steady Implementation
2008-2009
• RISE to the IUPUI Challenge• Honors College• Shortest Path to Graduation
2009-2010
• Fundraising
• Graduate Programs
• National Position as a Leading Urban Public Research University
Sun RISE
Enrollment Shaping InitiativeImproving Retention and Graduation • Admitted students must be given the best chance for success
– low graduation rate severely hurts IUPUI’s national reputation
• Increase scope of nationally recognized first year experiences – US News recognition for freshman experience – learning communities, service learning, undergraduate research – if something works, do more of it
• Aim for diversity in the graduating class, not just in the entering cohort
• Generate educational value and new revenue streams
• Stress benefits of timely graduation and academic expectations for success
Preparing for timely graduation.
Enrollment Shaping
• Conditionally admitted students - free summer preparatory course
• High ability students - Bepko, Cox, Presidential scholars - Honors Professional Admissions Program
• Out-of state/international students - targeted scholarships - outside RCM
• Diversity and need scholarships – Norman Brown [45 scholars @ $2,500], Pell grants, 21st Century Scholars
• Continuing education - satellite campuses
Conditionally Admitted Students
Summer Preparatory Program:
• Help conditionally admitted students who want to help themselves • $150 K expense - free preparatory Math and English courses for students
• Well-received – ICHE, local TV news coverage, students and parents• 2007 – 70 students; 2008 – 180 students; 2009 – 194 students
• Good performance at IUPUI • Academic Improvement (continuity) Scholarships – 100 students @ $1500
Undergraduate Non-Resident Credit Hours and Revenues from the Enrollment Shaping Initiative
Revenue (in millions of $)
ESI particularly valuable in economically challenging times. Great take-off slope of $ 3 million/year. Expect leveling off at about $15 to $20 million.
Schools Getting Most Revenues from the Enrollment Shaping Initiative
School Total $ 07-08 Total $ 08-09
Liberal Arts $ 521,272 $ 965,131
Science $ 541,406 $ 959,036
Engineering & Technology $ 220,321 $ 887,392
Business $ 47,650 $ 190,975
Nursing $ 34,227 $ 50,944
Herron $ 52,540 $ 47,628
Informatics $ 23,969 $ 25,682
Total $ 1,492,448 $ 3,186,078
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Campus Housing
• Essentially full for two consecutive years• Near campus housing at Park Place• New housing helps recruitment (IPFW, UIndy)• Campus engagement leads to better
performance• Students in IUPUI housing get higher grades
Semester GPA of students inCampus housing
GPA of students who live off campus
Spring 2009 2.89 2.59
Fall 2008 2.97 2.59
Spring 2008 2.83 2.47
Fall 2007 2.88 2.50
Ball Residence Hall
Retention and Graduation
• Big increase in summer bridge programs, themed learning communities, first year seminars, personal development plans (PDP)
• Stress high expectations – students first
• Monitoring non-attendance and dismal performance in the first semester; early warning in all gateway courses
• Road scholars – 860 students got free parking in Fall 2009 for getting GPA > 3.75 in F08 and S09.
• Graduate assistants as advisors, tutors, mentors
• New courses, different shorter formats [in late start 8 week courses: 432 students in F06, 981 students in S09]
• Degree completion at satellite campus sites
• Common theme book project - Deep Economy, Bill McKibben
Tracking the First-Time Full-Time Cohorts
• Approximately 2600 first-time full-time students join IUPUI every year
• Track these cohorts from year to year to determine retention and graduation rates
Informal learning spaces
Retention
▪ One year retention rate for the 2008 cohort is also a new high – expected to reach about 70.5%
▪ Very clear upward trend – slope has increased in the past 3 years
A clear signal
Graduation
▪ Six year graduation rate for the 2002 cohort will also hit a new high – expected to be > 33.5% after counting Summer 2009 graduates.
A celebration of success
IUPUI graduates challenged to have two or more RISE experiences
International Experience
Service and Experiential Learning
Undergraduate Research
RISE to the IUPUI Challenge
Rise Course Offerings – Fall 2009Courses Sections
Research 61 236
International 5 6
Service Learning 28 89
Experiential Learning 222 514
Total 316 845
Faculty release time grants for developing 6 new RISE courses[IUPUC, Info, E&T, Nursing, 2 PETM]
30,000 RISE bookmarks400 Study Abroad students; 1400 international
students currently at IUPUI
Service Learning - 4000 students participate every year, 75 K hours of service, 250 community partners
Transcriptable RISE experiences will be the hallmark of an IUPUI degree and make our students more marketable
IUPUI Honors College
• New founding dean hired – College inaugural reception August 27, 2009
• Action team prepared a vision paper - needs modification and implementation
• Dedicated space in the University Library - needs designing, re-modeling
• $1 million annual budget from Honors Program + additional resources
• Exciting curriculum - dedicated new offerings, enhance existing courses
• Enrichment via RISE, community activities, “Cutting Edge Lecture Series” course
• Improved web site for recruitment
• Scholarships and Honors Professional Admissions Program
• Increased programming in Honors residence hallsThe Cutting Edge
Shortest Time to Graduation
• 4-year paths for each discipline• Using the summer semester effectively• Advising and checking degree progress on line• Early warning system• State increase in base funding [$5000 per student] for
change in: ♦ number of degrees awarded
♦ number of students who graduate within 4 years
Should consider increased financial support for transfer students, seniors, high ability students
