December 17, 2001 Minutes

Members present: Trudy Banta, Karen Black, Victor Borden, Sharon Hamilton, Sara Heiliger, Susan Kahn, Steve MacLaughlin

Members absent: None

Susan passed out the following handouts:

Agenda, November 28 th minutes, Ideas for Outlining Criterion One, Ideas for Outlining Criterion Two, Ideas for Outlining Criterion Three, Ideas for Outlining Criterion Four, Ideas for Outlining Criterion Five, and Grids for Criteria 3,4, and 5.

Status of NCA draft Self-Study Plan

Susan has spoken to Mary Breslin a few times about the status of the NCA Self Study draft and there are a few minor revisions to make. Susan will get these revisions to her early this week.

Mary Breslin explained how we should not just throw evidence and narratives up on the web but that we need to make our case and be persuasive. The narratives can be short with links included. NCA also requires a paper copy available.

Susan also spoke to Mary Breslin about the visiting team and we are hoping to have Nancy Canter chair the group.

Status of Portfolio Web site development/revision

Steve has been working on the redesign of the front page and sub pages of the portfolio Web site and passed out a handout with examples of how they look. Steve is working on getting the photo files to replace the black and white photos.

Sharon expressed how much better the pages look and what a good job Steve has done on the redesign.

Steve also explained we are trying to the URL with portfolio in the address. The group thought of some other names to use instead of portfolio.

For example:

  • Iport
  • Ieport
  • Inport
  • Eport
  • Perport
  • Perfport

Trudy is working on getting the mission statement and portfolio link on the IUPUI homepage.

Next steps on the portfolio are to post the planning documents.

Discussion of draft outlines for Criteria 3-5.

Susan mentioned that revisions and suggestions have been included but a lot of information has been moved from Criterion 2 to 4. Four seems to emphasize planning, while two emphasizes the current status. Vic suggested that criterion 2 is more of the structure where criterion four describes the process.

Susan also mention how there is a lot of overlap in these criteria.

Criterion Three Suggestions:

I.

  • Under Introduction use our mission statement to describe unique aspects of our purposes, emphasize that we have more graduate professional programs than anyone in the state
  • Also emphasize our unique link to our community through commitment to civic engagement

II.

  • Under Overview switch points A and B

III.

  • Sharon has the recent history of IUPUI for #III, A.
  • C could include the University College Russ self study
  • Explanation of why each school does not have the same general education requirements
  • Empirical core curriculum from Scott Evenbeck
  • Coherence of curriculum can be through course requirements or cognitive coherence

IV .

  • Assessment of Student Academic Achievement is addressed in the special emphasis section on Teaching and Learning
  • Switch 1,2, and 3 so the concepts go from the ground up

V.

  • Address admittance to Graduate programs and add standards for prior learning
  • Specialized accreditation is summarized on PAII Web site
  • Section E on Research, Mark Brenner can be a resource

VI.

  • Annual reporting process, productivity builds to tenure, FACET, associate faculty and lecturers, student evaluations and peer review

VIII.

  • David Lewis as resource, head of University Library, include smaller libraries: Herron, Medicine, and Law

Susan announced that we will need to get another outline to NCA by mid January and since is the last meeting before then, she asked that participants send comments on the remaining criteria.

Steve suggested creating a glossary for the acronyms that are used for the web so that the NCA accreditation team will not get confused.

Criterion Four Suggestions:

II.

  • ICHE and role in planning
  • Emphasize using assessment results to feed into planning
  • Need section on ongoing technology planning
  • Demonstrate that we are ensuring quality off site, Amy Warner and Community Learning Network

For the purposes of the NCA self study we have to deal with Columbus all the way through the report. Start by sending them a letter and seeing how they were dealt with in the 1992 self study.

In criterion five they want to know that we really follow the policies we have in place. Allied Health could be used as an example.