The following is the plan for implementation of the Strategic Directions goals on the IUS campus. This plan was developed by V.C. Atnip in consultation with the Faculty Executive Committee (K. Forinash, C. Shea, M.A. Baker).
Recommendation 1, Paragraph 1: Set high expectations for students throughout recruitment, orientation, advising and instruction.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Revise communications directed to prospective and admitted students to incorporate among other information, statements of high expectations.
Timetable: Complete by March 1, 1997
Measure: Publication of revised materials.
Narrative Comments: Student Success Task Force; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic Policies Committee; Admissions; University Division.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: Revision of communications included in proposal to improve recruitment - total of $258,744 requested.
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Goal: Encourage and support faculty efforts to review and revise introductory level courses to facilitate student learning and success in those courses.
Timetable: Begin reviews in selected areas during fall, 1996.
Measures: Grade distributions in courses selected; retention of entering students to the second semester/second year.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Student Success Task Force; Academic Affairs; Deans
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching
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Goal: Study the development of common first-year experiences for all entering students which will orient them to the university's expectations and facilitate their transition to academic life.
Timetable: Complete study during 1996-97 and begin to implement common experiences in fall, 1997.
Measure: Number of students participating in the common experiences; retention from the first to the second year.
Narrative Comments: Student Success Task Force; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic and Student Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 1, Paragraph 2: Formulate compact
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Develop and publish compact.
Timetable: Publish for distribution in fall, 1998
Measure: Publication of compact.
Narrative Comments: Student Success Task Force; Academic Policies Committee; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Student Government
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community
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Recommendation 1, Paragraph 3: Review undergraduate grading practices.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate potential indicators of grading practices.
Timetable: Develop possible indicators and distribute for discussion by end of fall, 1996. Complete evaluation and begin implementing any that are chosen by start of fall, 1997.
Measures: Report produced by campus Academic Policies Committee. Results produced by application of chosen indicators.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
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Recommendation 1, Paragraph 4: Clarify student goals and assess progress.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Examine ways that students might develop personal academic plans.
Timetable: Complete examination by May, 1997.
Measure: Report on feasibility of options examined.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Student Success Task Force; University Division; Deans
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching
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Recommendation 1, Paragraph 5: Gradpact
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Examine desirability/feasibility of implementing Gradpact on this campus.
Timetable: Determine whether to implement by December, 1996.
Measure: Decision on implementation.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Deans; Board of Advisors
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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Recommendation 2, Paragraph 2: Hire best new faculty; support, teaching, service and scholarship
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue to recruit excellent faculty committed to the mission of this campus.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Student learning; scholarly productivity; success in attaining promotion and tenure.
Narrative Comments: Search committees; Academic Affairs and Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
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Goal: Continue efforts to increase the number of full-time faculty positions, most of which should be tenure-track positions.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of new positions created.
Narrative Comments: Budgetary Affairs Committee; Chancellor; Academic Affairs; Board of Advisors
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work; Increase Partnerships with Community.
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Goal: Pursue improved faculty salary rankings in relation to peers.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Rankings of faculty salaries in relation to peers.
Narrative Comments: Budgetary Affairs Committee; Chancellor; Academic Affairs
Campus Priorities: Strengthen Campus Community
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Goal: Arrange workshops to address faculty development needs in the area of research, such as development of grant proposals, scholarly publication or advanced research techniques.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Number of worskshops presented; number of participants.
participant and faculty satisfaction surveys.
Narrative Comments: Research and Grants Committee; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
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Recommendation 3, Paragraph 1: Faculty development, evaluation, mentoring.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue faculty development workshops focusing on teaching.
Timetable: Ongoing activity.
Measures: Number and type of workshops; number of participants; participant and faculty satisfaction surveys.
Narrative Comments: Improvement of Learning Committee; FACET; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
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Goal: Continue "Faculty Chat" as an on-going activity to foster dialogue about teaching.
Timetable: Ongoing, with approximately one chat each month.
Measures: Number of chats held; estimated number of participants.
Narrative Comments: Improvement of Learning Committee; FACET; Academic Affairs
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community
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Goal: Create faculty development resource center.
Timetable: Complete by end of 1996.
Measures: Existence of center; records of use of materials.
Narrative Comments: Improvement of Learning Committee; FACET; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $15,723.
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Goal: Evaluate approaches to increase support for and value placed on mentoring of junior faculty.
Timetable: Develop workable approaches by end of 1996-97 and implement for fall, 1997.
Measures: Number of untenured faculty participating in mentoring.
Narrative Comments: Faculty Affairs Committee; Deans and faculty; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Strengthen IUS Community.
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Recommendation 3, Paragraph 2: New technologies of learning.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Increase and enhance faculty and staff use of technology in pursuit of campus missions.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Number and types of workshops focusing on technology and number of participants; participant and faculty satisfaction surveys; increase in frequency of use of various technologies; student learning and satisfaction.
Narrative Comments: Improvement of Learning Committee; Audio Visual Committee; Academic Computer Usage Committee; Office of Integrated Technology; Academic Affairs; Human Resources.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $144,294.95 for training programs.
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Goal: Review computer literacy requirements and implement changes identified.
Timetable: Conduct review every two years.
Measures: Changes implemented; number of students affected; survey of faculty in courses in which students use computers.
Narrative Comments: Academic Computer Usage Committee; Academic Policies Committee; Computer Science faculty.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Encourage development of advanced computer requirements in the disciplines.
Timetable: Disciplines will complete reviews by end of 1996-97.
Measures: Number of disciplines adding or revising their requirements.
Narrative Comments: Academic Computer Usage Committee; Deans and discipline faculty.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Continue development of a strategy to maintain access to library information resources which includes integrating new technologies into the library's operations and enhancing instruction in their use.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Items of technology added; number of classes/instructional opportunities offered; participant surveys.
Narrative Comments: Library Committee; Office of Integrated Technology; Library Director and staff.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Implement integration of campus technology support units to eliminate overlapping jurisdictions in order to increase service in support of campus missions.
(note: also included under under recommendation 23, paragraph 3)
Timetable: Complete by July, 1998.
Measures: Various indicators of service delivery, including staff time utilization, on-time delivery and installation of equipment, lead and response times for responding to user requests, training program attendance, and surveys of user satisfaction.
Narrative Comments: Interim Executive Director of Integrated Technology; Chancellor; Academic Affairs; Administrative Affairs; Academic Computer Usage Committee; Audio Visual Committee.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $333,260
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Goal: Develop plan for adding computer classroom facilities and upgrading existing facilities.
Timetable: Complete plan by fall, 1996 and complete initial facilities improvements by end of 1996.
Measures: Number of classrooms added/upgraded; number of faculty and students using the technology; student and faculty surveys.
Narrative Comments: Integrated Technologies; Improvement of Learning Committee; Academic and Administrative Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Funds Allocated to Strategic Directions Recommendations from Other Sources: $350,000
Goal: Complete implementation of dial-up access to the Internet, electronic mail and the campus LAN.
Timetable: Complete by fall, 1996.
Measures: Number of dial-up lines in place; number of users; total connect time; whether number of lines provided meet the needs of IUS computer users.
Narrative Comments: Computer Services; Office of Integrated Technology.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $142,918
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Goal: Upgrade campus computer network to make it more reliable and better able to support future initiatives.
Timetable: Complete upgrade by February, 1997.
Measures: Measures of LAN use including average usage, error reports, and down times.
Narrative Comments: Office of Integrated Technology, Academic and Administrative Computer Usage Committees.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $100,000
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Recommendation 3, Paragraph 3: Assist adjunct faculty.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Arrange professional development opportunities that address the needs of adjunct faculty and take steps to include them in opportunities in place for full-time faculty where appropriate.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Number and type of opportunities; number of participants; surveys of participants and adjunct faculty.
Narrative Comments: Improvement of Learning Committee; FACET; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: Partially addressed through multi-campus FACET proposal.
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Goal: Provide office space for adjunct faculty in each division.
Timetable: Dependent on completion of addition to Life Sciences Building.
Measure: Offices assigned to adjunct faculty in each division.
Narrative Comments: Academic and Administrative Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 4, Paragraph 1: Assess support for the whole student.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Audit and assess programs and services which support the whole student including athletics, campus activities, career services and other programs and services.
Timetable: Begin development of process during the summer of 1996 with projected completion date of May, 1997.
Measures: Recommended changes resulting from audits and assessments; number of students affected and participating. The measures will be determined as a result of using a combination of existing surveys, development of new instruments and use of national standardized surveys.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee, Office of Campus Life, Student Affairs, Student Success Task Force.
Campus Priority: Improve Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 4, Paragraph 2: Develop honors programs and increase undergraduate research.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Arrange presentation for faculty on research with undergraduate students.
Timetable: Deliver during 1996-97.
Measure: Number of faculty attending.
Narrative Comments: Research and Grants Committee; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
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Goal: Increase undergraduate participation in research.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of students participating; number of projects supported; amount of money expended for support; number of papers and presentation produced.
Narrative Comments: Research and Grants Committee; Academic Affairs; Honors Research Minor Advisory Committee.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
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Recommendation 4, Paragraph 3: Increase education outside classroom - internships, practica, volunteer service.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Review the internship program to identify the student success components of participation in this program. Conduct study to gather data on student retention as a function of internship participation and compare this cohort to the general student population.
Timetable: Conduct study during the summer of 1996 and produce report by December, 1996.
Measure: Recommended changes resulting from reviews; number of students affected.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic and student affairs; Career Services; Deans and faculty.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 5, Paragraph 1: Enhance student support - advising, career counseling, extra-curricular.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate current academic advising processes and initiate changes as appropriate to better meet needs.
Timetable: Complete evaluation and recommendations by end of 1996-97. Implement changes during 1997-98.
Measures: Changes identified and implemented; number of students affected; student surveys.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Student Success Task Force; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic and Student Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Goal: Evaluate career counseling system and career decision-making classes to determine student success based upon student retention figures. Conduct study of cohort group and compare results with retention of general student population.
Timetable: Conduct study during summer of 1996 and prepare report by end of December, 1996.
Measures: Changes identified and implemented; number of students affected.
Narrative Comments: Academic and Student Affairs; Career Services.
Campus Priorities: Improve Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Continue development of IUCARE and work to increase its use as an advising tool on campus.
Timetable: All units using IUCARE by fall, 1998.
Measure: Number of academic programs regularly using IUCARE.
Narrative Comments: Registrar; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Review and evaluate all current campus life/extracurricular activity procedures/policies and revise as needed to improve service as directed by need.
Timetable: Complete by end of 1996.
Measures: Recommended changes resulting from review; number of students affected; results from student surveys.
Narrative Comments: Student Government, Office of Campus Life, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Improve Opportunities for Students; Strengthen IUS Community.
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Recommendation 5, Paragraph 3: Remedial instruction
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Review and revise current approaches to developmental mathematics instruction and support services, e.g., tutoring.
Timetable: Develop plan for revisions by December, 1996; implement for fall, 1997.
Measures: Number of students served; success rates in lower-level math courses.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Student Success Task Force; Academic Affairs with Director of Student Development Center and math faculty.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Enhance availability of tutoring through tutor training programs and computer-based tutorials.
Timetable: Put training program enhancements into effect for spring, 1997. Evaluate available computer tutorials and have the first ones in place by fall, 1997.
Measures: Number of trained tutors; number of tutorials available; number of students served by tutors and by tutorials; success rates of tutored students.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Director of Student Development Center with Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Evaluate benefits of introducing a reading skills course.
Timetable: Complete evaluation by spring, 1997, with implementation of course, if approved, for fall, 1997.
Measure: Approval of course; number of students served if approved and implemented; success of those students in subsequent coursework.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic Policies Committee; Academic Affairs with Student Development Center.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 5, Paragraph 4: Streamline student processes.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Improve service to students in all aspects of processes associated with enrollment management.
Timetable: Evaluate processes during 1996-97. Begin to implement recommended changes during spring, 1997, continuing into 1997-98 academic year.
Measures: Student satisfaction surveys; other measures may be developed as a result of evaluation process.
Narrative Comments: Vice Chancellors with Enrollment Management Working Group and department heads.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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Goal: Create campus ombuds office as a means of fostering problem solving for students, faculty and staff.
Timetable: Establish office during 1996-97 for three year trial period.
Measures: Number of contacts; surveys of students, faculty and staff.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor and Academic Affairs; Faculty Senate and Staff Councils.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $147,742
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Recommendation 5, Paragraph 5: Financial aid.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate methods of leveraging financial aid resources as part of recruitment/retention strategy.
Timetable: Complete evaluation by spring, 1997 and implement leveraging strategies for recruitment for fall, 1997.
Measure: Number of new matriculants.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Student Success Task Force; Student affairs and Office of Student Financial Assistance with Admissions.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: Leveraging analysis included in proposal to improve recruiting - total amount requested of $258,744.
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Goal: Seek private funds to increase financial assistance funds, including assistance for part-time students, merit-based scholarships, and scholarships for specific academic programs.
Timetable: Begin campaign during 1996-97.
Measure: Dollars raised.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor with Development Office, Deans, and Faculty.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Increase on-campus employment opportunities for students.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of students employed.
Narrative Comments: Student Affairs with Career Services and department heads.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 7, Paragraph 1: Expand recruiting
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue to develop and implement strategic marketing/ recruiting plans.
Timetable: Ongoing. Complete development of strategic marketing plan by December, 1996 and begin implementation by spring, 1997.
Measure: Number of new matriculants; marketing reports (awareness, identify, image); evaluation of specific activities within the marketing plan.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Student Success Task Force; Student Affairs and Admissions; Enrollment Management Working Group.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $258,744.
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Recommendation 7, Paragraph 2: Emphasis on programs that encourage under-represented groups.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Encourage increased student involvement and leadership in activities designed to improve communication among and within different groups.
Timetable: Complete by June, 1997.
Measure: Increase in the number students in student organizations, Student Leadership Program and enrollment in courses U205 and U495.
Narrative Comments: Student Government Association, Office of Campus Life, Student Affairs Committee, University Division, Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Improve Opportunities for Students, Strengthen Campus Community.
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Goal: Increase the number of international students on campus.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of students recruited and retained.
Narrative Comments: Student Affairs with Admissions; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; International Studies Committee.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Increase the number of students from under-represented groups on campus.
Timetable: Ongoing
Measure: Admission reports, Enrollment reports, Student financial aid reports.
Narrative Comments: Admissions, Student Financial Assistance, Student Recruitment and Rention, Diversity Committee, Student Success Task Force.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Continue efforts to support students with learning disabilities.
Timetable: Ongoing
Measure: Reports by the Office for Students with Disabilities.
Narrative Comments: Student Affairs with Office for Students with Disabilities; Academic Affairs with Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Develop a multi-cultural student center
Narrative Comments: Diversity Committee; Affirmative Action; Academic and Student Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $10,801
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Recommendation 8, Paragraph 1: Curricular changes
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Complete revision of graduate programs in Education to insure that they are responsive to needs of their clientele.
Timetable: Complete by spring, 1997.
Measure: Program changes; number of students served.
Narrative Comments: Education dean and faculty; Academic Policies Committee.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $24,780
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Goal: Evaluate alternative approaches to delivering classes to meet the needs of new majority students and potential groups of students not now being served well.
Timetable: Complete evaluation by end of 1997-98 academic year.
Measure: Number and type of alternative course formats offered; number of students served; student surveys.
Narrative Comments: Student Success Task Force; Academic Policies Committee; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans and faculty.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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Goal: Evaluate mathematics requirements to insure that they are responsive to the needs of students in different majors.
Timetable: Complete evaluation by end of 1997-98 academic year.
Measure: New requirements adopted and implemented. Number of students served.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Academic Affairs with math faculty and deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Develop strategies for implementing degree programs that are currently approved by the state but have not been funded.
Timetable: Implement foreign language programs by 1996-97; health information technology by 97-98; physics by 98-99.
Measure: Programs implemented and number of majors served.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor with Academic Affairs and Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast
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Goal: Continuously evaluate the educational needs of the region the campus serves and propose new degree programs to meet those needs.
Timetable: Evaluation is ongoing. Develop one new program proposal each year.
Measure: Number of proposals developed and adopted.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Student Success Task Force; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 8, Paragraph 2: Programs for students off campus
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Maintain current levels of off-campus course offerings while determining best mix of offerings and formats, including appropriate use of technology.
Timetable: Complete evaluation of mix by end of 1996-97.
Measure: Changes in offering patterns and formats; number of student served by location.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic Affairs and Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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Recommendation 8, Paragraph 3: InReach courses.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue working with area businesses to identify needs and develop courses that respond to those needs.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Programs delivered; number of participants; surveys of participants and employers.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic Policies Committee; Noncredit Advisory Committee; Academic Affairs with Deans and Director of Continuing Studies.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast; Develop Partnerships.
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Recommendation 8, Paragraph 4: Distance learning
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Encourage development of distance learning courses for both credit and non-credit purposes.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of courses developed and number of students served.
Narrative Comments: Distance Learning Advisory Group; Academic Affairs; Deans and faculty.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested:
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Goal: Determine how the campus can make best use of distance education in pursuit of its mission.
Timetable: Ongoing. Complete first evaluation by end of 1996-97.
Measures: Number of new programs/courses being received on campus and number of students served.
Narrative Comments: Distance Learning Advisory Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans and faculty.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 9: University wide associate degree.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Participate in development and implementation of a university-wide associate degree in the arts and sciences.
Timetable: Gain approvals and implement by fall, 1998.
Measure: Number of students served.
Narrative Comments: University wide effort; Campus groups involved: Academic Policies Committee; Arts and Sciences Committee; Academic Affairs; Arts and Sciences Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 10, Paragraph 1: Foster educationally purposeful out-of-class activities.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Assess the needs of students for the purpose of developing, revising and improving out-of-class activities that are directly related to educational objectives and expanding current student centered facilities.
Timetable: Ongoing
Measure: Increase in the number students actively participating in activities and utilizing campus life services and University Center facilities.
Narrative Comments: Student Program Council, Student Program Advisory Board, Student Government Association, Office of Campus Life, Student Affairs Committee, Athletics, Student Recruitment and Retention Committee, Food Service Advisory Board, local food vendors, Physical Facilities Committee and Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Improve Opportunities for Students, Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 10, Paragraph 2: Housing adjacent to commuter campuses.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue to pursue all options for student housing on or adjacent to campus.
Timetable: Complete by June, 1998.
Measure: Comprehensive evaluation of need for student housing; funding options for construction of housing, number of housing units built/made available and provision of requisite support services.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor with Student Affairs and Administrative Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community
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Recommendation 10, Paragraph 3: Child care.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Assess the child care needs of students, fauclty and staff for the purpose of improving and expanding of services and facilities.
Timetable: Complete by summer, 1997.
Measure: Programs, services and facilities changed, number of students, faculty, and staff utilizing services.
Narrative Comments: Office of Campus Life, Student Affairs Committee, Graduate students, Student Recruitment and Retention Committee, Children's Center Board of Managers, Faculty in Social Sciences and Education, local child care organizations, YMCA of Southern Indiana.
Campus Priorities: Improve opportunities for students; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 11, Paragraph 1: Graduate student stipends.
Campus: Southeast
Not applicable at this campus.
Recommendation 12: Increase opportunities for alumni to engage in lifelong learning.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate potential strategies for making lifelong learning opportunities more attractive and accessible to alumni.
Timetable: Complete evaluation and begin implementing strategies by fall, 1997.
Measure: Number of opportunities presented; number of participants.
Narrative Comments: Alumni Association; Continuing Studies; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 13, Paragraph 1: Articulate campus missions.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Review campus mission.
Timetable: Complete by fall, 1997.
Measure: Changes to mission statement.
Narrative Comments: Faculty Senate; Chancellor; Professional Staff and Staff Councils; Student Government; Board of Advisors.
Campus Priorities: Clarify Campus Mission/Vision.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: Funding not required for this item.
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Recommendation 14: Astute selective investment.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Develop process that draws on participation of campus community to identify and continuously review campus investment priorities.
Timetable: Have process in place for development of 1997-98 operating budget.
Measure: Dollars invested in identified priorities.
Narrative Comments: Budgetary Affairs Committee; Faculty Senate Executive Committee; Professional Staff Council; Staff Council; Student Government; Chancellor with Vice Chancellors.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community
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Recommendation 16, Paragraphs 1 and 6: Expectations for faculty and staff; faculty review.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Develop policies for assignment and evaluation of faculty work which provide flexibility for both individual faculty members and units to best utilize faculty talents and interests in support of the university's missions. Incorporate into these policies processes for faculty and their department/division heads to collaborate to develop plans for future assignments as part of the annual review process.
Timetable: Complete policy development by end of 1997-98 academic year. Implement for 1998-99.
Measure: New policies put into place.
Narrative Comments: Faculty Affairs Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Goal: Develop means to recognize staff for service to the university in areas beyond normal duties.
Timetable: Complete by June, 1997.
Measures: Means of recognition developed.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Professional Staff and Staff Councils; Human Resources.
Campus Priorities: Strengthen IUS Community.
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Goal: Evaluate processes for staff review and evaluation, including appropriate training for supervisors.
Timetable: Complete evaluation and decide on implementation by end of 1997.
Measure: Report of evaluation.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor with Vice Chancellors and Human Resources; Professional Staff and Staff Councils.
Campus Priorities: Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 16, Paragraphs 2 and 4: Reward outstanding faculty and complete scholars.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate campus reward structures and processes to insure that outstanding faculty are being rewarded.
Timetable: Complete review by end of 1996-97. Implement recommended changes in reward processes for 1997-98.
Measures: Depend on results of review.
Narrative Comments: Faculty Affairs Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans and Faculty.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching and in Research/Creative Work; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 16, Paragraph 3: Recognize service.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate approaches to evaluating, recognizing, and rewarding service by faculty and staff and maximizing the effectiveness of time spent on service activities.
Timetable: Complete evaluation by end of 1996-97. Implement recommended changes for 1997-98.
Measure: Depend on results of evaluation.
Narrative Comments: Faculty Affairs Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans; Faculty and Staff.
Campus Priorities: Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 16, Paragraph 6: Adjunct faculty.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Review recruitment, supervision, status and roles of adjunct faculty.
Timetable: Complete review by end of 1996-97. Begin implementation of any recommended changes in 1997-98.
Measure: Changes recommended and number of adjunct faculty affected.
Narrative Comments: Faculty Affairs Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Goal: Compensate adjunct faculty on basis competitive with the local employment environment and appropriate to the duties required.
Timetable: Biennial review of local environment.
Measures: Comparison of adjunct pay scales with those of other local institutions.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Academic Affairs; Deans; Budgetary Affairs Committee.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 17, Paragraph 1: Increase opportunities in university-wide learning community.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Encourage faculty involvement in programs of the Institute for Advanced Study.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of faculty participating in programs.
Narrative Comments: Academic Affairs; Deans
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
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Goal: Initiate and support intercampus collaboration by faculty, staff and administrators.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of faculty, staff and administrators participating in inter-campus interactions.
Narrative Comments: FACET; Academic Affairs; Deans and Department Heads; Staff and Professional Staff Councils.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
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Recommendation 17, Paragraph 2: Interface undergraduate degree programs.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Participate in university-wide efforts.
Narrative Comments: Academic Affairs; Academic Policies Committee; Deans and Faculty.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
Recommendation 17, Paragraph 3: University-wide schools.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Participate in university-wide efforts.
Timetable: Dependent on convener.
Measure:
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Recommendation 18, Paragraph 1: Partnerships with K-12.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Implement Bridge to College courses at additional area high schools. Include orientation to college course as part of Bridge offerings.
Timetable: Add Bridge offerings at Charlestown, Scottsburg, New Albany and Floyd Central High Schools during 1996-97.
Measures: Number of courses offering; number of students served.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans; Admissions Office.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast
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Goal: Explore feasibility of joining with select area schools as part of CEC Project Athena for distance learning program delivery.
Timetable: Determine feasibility by fall, 1996. If feasible, begin connecting and develop some programs in 1996-97, and begin delivering programs in 1997-98.
Measure: Number of programs delivered; number of students served.
Narrative Comments: Distance Learning Advisory Committee; Office of Integrated Technology; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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Goal: Work with school corporations and teachers to identify areas of mutual interest and increase the number of on-campus workshops and activities offered for K-12 students.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Number of programs delivered; number of K-12 students served.
Narrative Comments: Academic Affairs; Deans; Continuing Studies.
Campus Priorities: Develop Partnerships; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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Goal: Develop Arts Institute for K-12 as well as adult learners interested in art, theater and music.
Timetable: Begin offering courses in summer, 1996.
Measures: Number of participants in programs offered.
Narrative Comments: Faculty in art, theater and music.
Campus Priorities: Develop Partnerships; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $13,399.64
Strategic Directions Funding Received:
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Recommendation 18, Paragraph 2: Partnerships with business and industry.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue to develop partnerships with area hospitals and other health-care providers in support of health-related academic programs.
Timetable: On-going.
Measure: Financial support received; students participating in activities growing out of partnerships.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop Partnerships.
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Goal: Continue partnerships with area economic development agencies and the Japanese community to support the Japanese Saturday School and the Japanese Cultural Center.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Financial support; number of programs and participants in the school and the cultural center.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Continuing Studies; Saturday School and Cultural Center.
Campus Priorities: Develop Partnerships; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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Goal: Develop model program for posting employment and internship opportunities on the internet.
Timetable: Implement program by the end of 1996.
Measures: Number of positions posted; number of queries to the account.
Narrative Comments: Office of Career Services and Placement; Area businesses.
Campus Priorities: Develop Partnerships.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $13,000
Strategic Directions Funding Received:
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Recommendation 18, Paragraph 3: Partnerships with government.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue development of tuition reciprocity program in partnership with University of Louisville and states of Indiana and Kentucky.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of programs added to agreement; number of students served at both IU Southeast and U of L.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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Goal: Explore partnerships with government entities to create new learning environments and mutually beneficial collaborations.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Specific partnerships developed; number of participants.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Deans and Faculty.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop Partnerships.
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Recommendation 18, Paragraph 4: University clearinghouse.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Participate in the clearinghouse in ways that will enhance the effectiveness of IU Southeast faculty and staff
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of participants.
Narrative Comments: Academic Affairs; Deans and Department Heads; Faculty and Staff.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
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Recommendation 19, Paragraph 2: Multi-disciplinary research teams.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Develop procedures for identifying campus faculty who might participate in teams and for supporting their efforts.
Timetable: Have procedures in place by end of 1996-97.
Measure: Number of faculty who participate.
Narrative Comments: Research and Grants Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
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Recommendation 20, Paragraph 1: Ensure diversity of students, faculty and staff.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Improve recruitment and retention of minority faculty members.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measure: Number of minority faculty members recruited and retained.
Narrative Comments: Academic Affairs; Deans; Search Committees.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students
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Goal: Establish a visiting scholar position for the purpose of increasing diversity.
Timetable: Have funding in place by end of 1997-98 and bring the first scholar to campus during 1998-99.
Measure: Funds for position and presence of visiting scholars.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Investigate possibility of initiating faculty and student exchanges with overseas universities and historically black colleges.
Timetable: Complete evaluation of possibilities by end of 1996-97 and initiate at least one exchange, if determined to be feasible, during 1997-98.
Measure: Whether exchange program is initiated.
Narrative Comments: Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Goal: Maintain enrollment level of minority students at or above percentages in the local population and increase retention of these students.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Percent of minority students enrolled vs. that in the local population; retention rate of these students.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Student Success Task Force; Student Affairs; Admissions Office.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 20, Paragraph 2: Orientation programs, clear guidelines for supervisors.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Review orientation programs and current guidelines for supervisors to insure they clearly communicate responsibilities to support and enhance unbiased hiring.
Timetable: Complete reviews during 1996-97 and make necessary changes effective by fall, 1997.
Measure: Report of review; changes identified and implemented.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor with Vice Chancellors and Affirmative Action Officer.
Campus Priorities: Strengthen Campus Community
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Recommendation 20, Paragraph 3: Mentoring and support programs for students, faculty, staff.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate current mentoring program for under-represented students as part of general effort to improve campus atmosphere to support development of minority students, faculty and staff.
Timetable: Evaluation is ongoing.
Measures: Retention and graduation rates of minority students.
Narrative Comments: Student Recruitment and Retention Committee; Diversity Committee; Student Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Goal: Assess current activities and needs and formulate plans for mentoring faculty and staff members or expand new faculty orientation program into a full-fledged mentoring program as appropriate.
Timetable: Complete assessment during 1996-97; implement changes in 1997-98.
Measures: Completed evaluation; number of recommended changes implemented; number of faculty and staff involved.
Narrative Comments: Faculty Affairs Committee; Affirmative Action Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans and Department Heads; Professional Staff and Staff Councils.
Campus Priorities: Strengthen IUS Community.
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Recommendation 20, Paragraph 4: Financial aid for under-represented students.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Provide information/advice about securing financial aid by offering a financial aid workshop for ACCESS, including a counselor from Indiana Rehabilitation Services.
Timetable: January, 1997
Measure: Attendance at workshop.
Narrative Comments: Student Financial Assistance.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Improve Public Perceptions of IUS.
Goal: Provide financial support through scholarships to students with disabilities.
Timetable: Scholarships available beginning fall semester, 1996
Measure: Dollars provided; number of students receiving aid.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Student Affairs with Student Financial Assistance.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
Goal: Evaluate ways to use financial assistance to help in providing support services for students with disabilities.
Timetable: 1996, research numbers and needs; 1997, possible awards announced.
Measure: Increased services provided; number of students served.
Narrative Comments: Student Affairs with Student Financial Assistance, Office of Disabled Student Services and Student Development Center; Student Recruitment and Retention Committee.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 20, Paragraph 5: Single office for recruiting and retaining under-represented students.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Office of Student Affairs already serves this function and will continue to do so. Funding needs to be sought to extend the services which have been made possible by the Lilly Foundation beyond December of 1996.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Admission reports (admits & matriculants by ethnicity), Retention reports (retention & graduation by ethnicity), Student Financial Aid Reports.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor, Admissions, Student Financial Assistance, Student Recruitment and Retention Committee, Diversity Task Force.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 20, Paragraph 6: Faculty and staff development programs.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate development needs of minority faculty and staff and determine most effective means to meet those needs.
Timetable: Complete evaluation during 1996-97 and begin offering development opportunities during 1997-98.
Measure: Opportunities offered; number of participants; minority faculty and staff retention.
Narrative Comments: Faculty Affairs Committee; Academic Affairs; Student Affairs; Human Resources; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 20, Paragraph 7: Plan to increase minorities.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Update campus plan and goals and disseminate to hiring units.
Timetable: Complete updates by fall, 1996.
Measure: Increases in numbers of minorities and women hired.
Narrative Comments: Affirmative Action Office; Unit Heads.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 20, Paragraph 8: Incentive programs, personnel policies, exit interviews.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Evaluate potential incentive plans for increased hiring of minority and women candidates.
Timetable: Complete evaluation by end of 1996-97, with implementation, depending on funding, for 1997-98.
Measure: Chancellor, Affirmative Action Office, Vice Chancellors.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
Narrative Comments:
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Recommendation 21, Paragraph 1: Increase women faculty, especially in the sciences and math.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Encourage and support efforts to recruit qualified female applicants for open faculty positions especially in fields where women are under-represented.
Timetable: Ongoing as positions open.
Measures: Number of females interviewed for open positions; number hired and retained.
Narrative Comments: Academic Affairs; Deans; Affirmative Action Officer; Search Committees.
Campus Priorities: Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 21, Paragraph 2: Multi-disciplinary centers for women in science and mathematics.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Support participation of female science and math faculty members in multi-disciplinary centers that are developed within IU.
Timetable: Dependent on establishment of centers.
Measure: Number of participants supported.
Narrative Comments: Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 21, Paragraph 3: Review personnel policies; external Policy/Advisory board memberships.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Review personnel policies and practices relating to appointment of external advisory boards to ensure that these policies and practices encourage the appointment and advancement of women.
Timetable: Complete reviews by end of 1996-97.
Measure: Report of review.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor with Vice Chancellors and Affirmative Action Officer.
Campus Priorities: Strengthen Campus Community; Develop Partnerships.
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Recommendation 22, Paragraph 1: Maintain cycles of assessment.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue development and implementation of campus and unit plans for assessment of student academic achievement with an emphasis on use of feedback to plan and institute programmatic changes to insure that programs continue to meet the educational needs of students and the region.
Timetable: Ongoing.
Measures: Number of programs conducting assessment activites each academic year; program changes identified and implemented; surveys of alumni and employers.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans; Faculty.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students.
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Recommendation 22, Paragraph 2: Review academic and non-academic units.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Continue to conduct external reviews of academic programs.
Timetable: Ongoing. Each program is scheduled for review every 7-10 years.
Measure: Programs reviewed annually.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Academic Affairs; Deans.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
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Goal: Review non-academic units on as-needed basis.
Timetable: Dependent on identified needs for reviews.
Measure: Units reviewed annually.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor with Vice Chancellors.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 23, Paragraph 3: Evaluate campus-level administrative and service units.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Implement integration of campus technology support units to eliminate overlapping jurisdictions in order to increase service in support of campus missions.
(note: also listed under recommendation 3, paragraph 2)
Timetable: Complete integration by fall, 1998.
Measures: Various indicators of service delivery, including staff time utilization, on-time delivery and installation of equipment, lead and response times for responding to user requests, training program attendance, and surveys of user satisfaction.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor; Interim Executive Director of Integrated Technology; Academic and administrative affairs; Academic Computer Usage Committee; Audio Visual Committee.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Develop and Maintain Excellence in Research/Creative Work.
Strategic Directions Funding Requested: $333,260
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Goal: Evaluate campus administrative and service units to identify and eliminate overlapping or diffused jurisdictions and improve the speed and effectiveness of innovation and decision making.
Timetable: Overall scan of units completed by end of 1996-97. Review of identified problem areas during 1997-98. Begin implementing suggested changes during 1998-99.
Measures: Problem areas and corrective actions identified. Actions implemented.
Narrative Comments: Chancellor with Vice Chancellors.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Strengthen Campus Community.
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Recommendation 24, Paragraph 1: Review RCM units.
Campus: Southeast
Not applicable at this campus.
Recommendation 29, Paragraph 1: Define SEU's with distinct capabilities.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Define campus SEU's.
Timetable: Complete by end of 1997.
Measure: SEU's defined.
Narrative Comments: Academic Policies Committee; Budgetary Affairs Committee; Chancellor; Academic Affairs.
Campus Priorities: Develop and Maintain Excellence in Learning and Teaching; Increase Opportunities for Students; Strengthen Campus Community; Clarify Campus Mission/vision.
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Recommendation 30: Ensure a consistent system for reporting to the public on the university's success in fulfilling our missions.
Campus: Southeast
Goal: Develop and implement campus public reporting plan.
Timetable: Complete plan by end of 1997 and implement starting in 1998.
Measures: Reports produced; community survey.
Narrative Comments: Image Working Group; Board of Advisors; Chancellor with Vice Chancellors and Community Relations.
Campus Priorities: Improve Public Perceptions of IU Southeast.
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