The Passport program is a collaboration between Ivy Tech State College and IUPUI that supports access to all levels of higher education for people in Central Indiana. The program encourages and assists faculty from both institutions in developing course and program articulation agreements. This year, the program is serving about 1,300 students. It currently includes 25 collaborative Associate-to- Bachelor degree options and articulations with eight liberal arts and social sciences degrees offered by Vincennes University (as part of the Community College of Indiana) at the Ivy Tech-Community College campus in Indianapolis.
Passport works with student services offices to assure that students are informed of transfer opportunities and receive academic advising that helps them make a smooth transition between the community college and IUPUI. Passport also coordinates shared student-life activities, a deferral-referral program to help students build their academic skills, and academic excellence scholarships for associate-degree graduates who transfer to IUPUI.
