Access and
Innovation
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Provide new and
expanded
collaborative
opportunities for
campuses to
develop more
flexible learning
environments
(including
accelerated,
completer, online
and evening)
Outreach to and
programs for
underrepresented
groups (i.e. targeted
recruitment
activities)
Outreach to adults
and stop outs
(including
streamlined
processes and eval.
FA issues
Online and hybrid
programs with
formal IU structure
with special
opportunities for
regional campus
collaborations.
Shared degree
programs
opportunities
Promote a culture of
Affordability and Efficiency
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Degree completion
analysis of factors which
impede student
attainment of degrees
Expand online course
offerings and more flexible
course scheduling
Financial aid analysis on
affordability and student
debt
Promote financial literacy
including assistance with
financial aid applications
and debt management
Evaluate of financial aid
policies and guidelines on
regional campuses
Raise awareness of
available financial aid
resources with work and
local partners
Study the impact of
modifying instructional
and incidental fee
structures; enhancing
partnerships with high
schools
Identify synergies between
cost-saving measures and
“green” initiatives
Excellent, Distinctive Education
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Establish a Center for Regional
Campus Excellence
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Define the distinctive education
experience (i.e. brand the
regional campus experience,
“private school experience at
public school price”)
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Pathways and Transitions
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Encourage transfer from other
institutions (i.e. develop master
course inventory; liaison with Ivy
Tech)
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Review transfer admission
standards with goal of
consistency among all regional
campuses.
Develop collaborative degree
programs and faculty
exchanges—world class
educational network
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Identify collaborative, active
and applied educational
activities that embody the
distinctive regional campus
experience(i.e. service learning;
undergraduate research;
internships)
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Recognize faculty research on
regional campuses and establish
office to improve multi-campus
support for research.
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Regional Campus Advising for
prospective transfer students
(appoint Transfer Specialist for
each campus)
Student Success
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Holistic student
support (i.e.
orientation, advising,
roadmap to
graduation, early
major declaration)
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Career Development
for all students
including nonprofessional degree
majors (i.e. liberal arts,
general studies)
Targeted student
support services (i.e.
expand Supplemental
Instruction courses)
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High-school-to college programs
for transition and concurrent
enrollment
Degree articulation agreements
and transferrable general
education core curriculum (Adopt
LEAP and encourage Ivy Tech to
do so)
Engage with the LEAP initiative
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Synergies with transfer to
research campuses
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Regional and State Needs
Early warning system
Early feedback system;
expanding qualified
tutor base to utilize
retirees and alumni
Financial education
and incentives (i.e.
regional campus “Grad
Pact”; flat rate tuition)
Expand academic and
personal support
including required
academic advisor
meetings for those
with 2.3 GPA’s.
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Develop educational
programs that meet
regional and state
needs (prepare current
inventory and identify
mechanism for tracking
regional needs more
effectively)
Increase research
applicable to regional
and state needs (Design
reward system to
encourage faculty to
research and consult on
local and regional
needs)
Expand outreach
efforts by engaging
with alumni in the
region (develop good
tracking system for
identifying local alumni)
Establish quarterly
forums for regional
campuses to
communicate about
current engagement
efforts.
Encourage stop outs to
return and complete
degrees
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innovation
Create Centralized
Governance for
Coordinating
regional
collaborations
Blue Print Interim Reports—Common Themes by Priority Action Teams