IUPUI received honorable mention for “Building a Culture of Evidence to Improve Learning” in the inaugural “Leveraging Excellence” competition sponsored by the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement. IUPUI was the only individual institution to be recognized—the other awardees were consortia of institutions.
2. IMIR staff created the Information Gateway, a portal for campus-wide and school-based data related to students, faculty, and mission.
3. Pike provided leadership for development of a new survey of students’ workplace skills and civic engagement as part of the national Voluntary System of Accountability. The survey project is supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.
4. Coordinated the self-study process in preparation for IUPUI’s recertification by the NCAA.
5. Generated IUPUI priorities to complement President McRobbie’s strategic goals for Indiana University and developed the first progress report on these goals.
6. Conducted searches for the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and four Faculty Fellows for Academic Affairs.
7. Assisted with searches for the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration; deans of the Schools of Optometry and Public and Environmental Affairs; Assistant Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity.
8. IMIR staff worked with members of the Chancellor’s Diversity Cabinet on revising performance indicators for IUPUI diversity initiatives.
9. Mzumara completed a three-year evaluation of an outcomes project in the School of Liberal Arts that was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Studies.
10. Kahn helped create and implement the software development plan for IUPUI’s student electronic portfolio.
11. IMIR staff developed new tools for campus enrollment planning, including models for forecasting enrollment, determining the probability that a student will enroll at IUPUI, forecasting graduation rates, and predicting first-year grade point averages for new students.
12. IMIR staff developed and administered a new survey for graduate and graduate professional students at IUPUI.
13. Johnson served as vice chair of the 2007 IUPUI Campus Campaign and will chair the 2008 campaign.
14. Conducted a national Assessment Institute that attracted over 1000 participants from 43 states and eight other countries, including Canada, Greece, India, Japan, Nepal, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
15. Conducted eight program reviews. The following units were reviewed: the School of Informatics; the School of Law-Indianapolis admissions function; the Departments of Anthropology; Sociology; Tourism, Conventions, and Event Management; World Languages and Cultures; the Honors Program; and the Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs program.
16. Contributed partial funding and conducted competition for Integrative Department Grants that will support implementation of the student electronic portfolio at IUPUC and in the departments of Tourism, Conventions, and Events Management and Computer, Information, and Leadership Technology. Kahn organized two ePort symposia that provided a forum for previous grantees to report on their projects and discuss related academic and implementation issues.
17. Kahn developed a new, shorter format for the print version of the 2007 IUPUI Performance Report.
18. Provided partial funding for awards for ten campus units judged to be engaged in exemplary work in implementing the Principles of Undergraduate Learning.
19. Mzumara led a year-long study involving faculty from interested academic units in the pursuit of best practice in designing and administering student course evaluations.
20. Testing Center staff collaborated with the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Purdue University’s Aviation Technology Center to establish a remote site for mathematics placement testing at the Aviation Technology Center at the Indianapolis International Airport.
21. IMIR staff developed reports for IUPUI schools on instructional costs and productivity, using data from the national Delaware Study.
22. IMIR staff developed peer group analyses for the schools of Engineering and Technology, Liberal Arts, and SPEA, as well as for University College and the University Library.
23. Kahn participated as a member of the team that attended a summer institute sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Kahn co-authored the team report, which is a plan for integrating University College’s new Personal Development Plan with the Principles of Undergraduate Learning, the RISE initiative, and the student ePort.
24. Worked with an interdisciplinary campus group to make plans for launching a P-16 Council for IUPUI in Fall 2008.
25. The Google page rank for iPort and IMIR sites has increased from 5/10 to 6/10. (The PAII site attained the rank of 6 in 2007.) The number of visits to the iPort site is up by 118 percent, to the IMIR site by 21 percent, and to the PAII site by 38 percent.
