Emerging Major Themes for Shared Activities
I. Academic Transparency
and Flexibility
Expand online course
offerings and more flexible
course scheduling
Accelerated, flexible, and
completer programs
II. Student Engagement
Promote financial literacy
including assistance with
financial aid applications and
debt management
Regional campus advising for
prospective transfer students
III. Education Quality
and Assessment
IV. Regional Community
Connections
V. Regional Campus
Collaboration and
Administration
Financial aid analysis
on affordability and
student debt
Raise awareness of available
financial aid resources with work
and local partners
Evaluation of financial aid
policies and guidelines on
regional campuses
Degree completion
analysis of factors
which impeded
student attainment of
degrees
Shared degree
program
opportunities
Develop educational programs
that meet regional and state
needs
Synergies with transfer to
research campuses
Increase research applicable to
regional and state needs
Online and hybrid programs
with formal IU structure with
special opportunities for
regional campus
collaborations
Online and hybrid programs
with formal IU structure
with special opportunities
for regional campus
collaborations
High school-to-College
programs for transition and
concurrent enrollment
Outreach to adults and
stops outs
Encourage stop outs to return
and complete degrees.
Engage with LEAP
Expand outreach efforts by
engaging with alumni in the
region
Establish quarterly forums for
regional campuses to
communicate about current
engagement efforts
Provide new and expanded
collaborative opportunities
for campuses to develop
more flexible learning
environments
Collaborative degree
programs and faculty
exchanges
Encourage transfer from
other institutions (i.e.
develop master course
inventory; liaison with Ivy
Tech)
Degree articulation
agreements and
transferrable general
education core curriculum
Review transfer admission
standards with goal of
consistency among all
regional campuses
Holistic student support (i.e.
orientation, advising, roadmap
to graduation, early major
declaration)
Define the distinctive
education experience
(i.e. brand the
regional campus
experience)
Establish a center for
regional campus
excellence
Develop collaborative
active and applied
educational programs
and experiences
Outreach to underrepresented
groups (i.e. targeted recruitment
activities)
Collaborative degree
programs and faculty
exchanges
Career development for all
students including nonprofessional degree majors
Targeted student support
services (i.e. expand
supplemental instruction
courses)
Financial education and
incentives (i.e. regional campus
“GradPact” and flat rate tuition)
Identify synergies between
cost-saving measures and
“green” initiatives
Establish a center for regional
campus excellence
Early warning system
Promote a culture of
innovation
Early feedback
system
Expanding qualified
tutor base to utilize
retirees and alumni
Recognize faculty
research on regional
campuses and
establish office to
improve multicampus support for
research.
Create centralized
governance for coordinating
regional collaborations
Expand academic and
personal support
(including required
academic advisor
meetings for those
with 2.3. GPA).