Service to our state and beyond
Goal 1: Expand Contribution to Workforce Development
IU Indianapolis will contribute to workforce development and promote economic growth and stability by equipping IU Indianapolis students with the skills and training needed to succeed in the workforce, fill skills gaps, and support social mobility.
- Workforce needs: Contribute to the growth of the state’s economy by working with key stakeholders to identify and respond to the workforce needs of the future.
- Computer science programs: Create new computer science programs at Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering – Indianapolis.
- Career readiness: Expand career planning and experiential learning opportunities for IU Indianapolis students and graduates to improve career readiness and promote entrepreneurship and innovation.
- Economic growth: Enhance flexibility in degree programs and include adaptable certificates, microcredentials, career technical education, and industry credentials that enhance the employment prospects of IU Indianapolis students, increase the value of IU degrees, and contribute to economic development in the state of Indiana.
- Develop the IU Science and Technology corridor to advance STEM education, connect to area industry, and further complement the large and growing science and technology ecosystem in downtown Indianapolis.
- Develop capacity for undergraduates, master’s, and Ph.D. computer science students at Luddy Indianapolis by 2030.
- Expand the number and scale of partnerships to address future workforce talent needs.
- Increase the number of graduates who stay in Indiana.
- Increase the number of students who experience at least one high-quality work-integrated learning experience during their time on campus.
Goal 2: Engage State P-12 to Strengthen Education and Educational Pipelines in Indiana
IU Indianapolis will build partnerships with local schools, and businesses to align educational goals with workforce needs and promote career readiness. Strengthening the educational pipeline is critically important for helping to increase the proportion of high school graduates planning to pursue postsecondary degrees.
- Enrichment opportunities: Work with district, school, and community partners to strengthen and increase enrichment opportunities for P-12 students.
- Recruitment and Retention Pathways: Strengthen recruitment and retention pathways to ensure P12 students have access to educators who reflect a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
- Advance Attainment: Contribute to the number of students furthering their education in the state of Indiana.
- Increase the number of P-12 students served by IU Indianapolis outreach programs.
- Increase the number of IU Indianapolis students that previously participated in P-12 programming as measured by internal databases.
- Increase the percentage of academic units sponsoring P-12 programming by 2030.
- Increase the number of career pathway partnerships with high schools in the service region with a focus on 1st generation, 21st Century and Pell Eligible populations.
Goal 3: Foster Economic Development in Indiana Through Tech Transfer, Translational Research, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
IU Indianapolis will build a supportive ecosystem for innovation and provide researchers and entrepreneurs with the resources and support they need to take their discoveries and apply them to real-world problems or turn their ideas into successful businesses. A culture of innovation at IU Indianapolis will help attract top talent and promote economic growth.
- Culture of innovation: Enhance the culture for innovation at IU Indianapolis and increase student engagement in entrepreneurial learning experiences for improved employability and better alignment between education and the workforce.
- Cross-disciplinary support: Enhance faculty and staff support to drive innovation within disciplines, across disciplines, and in our community.
- Increase the number of cross-institutional research collaborations in targeted areas aligned with economic clusters of Indiana (health and life sciences; information technology (including AI); logistics; advanced manufacturing; tourism, arts and culture; and government/not-for-profit sector).
Goal 4: Improve Integrated Health Service Outcomes through Research, Education, Community Service and Engagement
IU Indianapolis will engage with our communities to ensure IU Indianapolis implements health programs and initiatives that are designed to meet community needs and priorities, leading to more effective and sustainable solutions, improved health outcomes, and better-trained healthcare professionals prepared to provide person-centered, collaborative care in communities.
- Community partnerships: Engage and partner with communities to address disparities associated with social determinants of health and create a plan with the community to improve key state of Indiana health indicators.
- Nursing graduates: Increase the number of nursing graduates to help address the state’s nursing shortage.
- Health disparities and equity: Create an IU Indianapolis Institute focused on addressing health disparities and health equity across Indiana through community-engaged research, teaching, and service.
- Health priorities: Expand collaborations within initiatives supported by the IU Interprofessional Practice and Education Center (IPEC) to address Indiana’s health priorities and to enhance cross-disciplinary research, teaching, and team-based practice.
- Establish a baseline and progressively increase IU Indianapolis’s investment in community or targeted population programs related to the health and well-being of Hoosiers.
- Increase undergraduate student enrollment at the School of Nursing by 50%.
- Use relevant Indiana state health indicators to establish baseline value and track progress quarterly over time in IU Indianapolis health-focused partnerships.
- Identify health disparities at baseline and develop a community-engaged partnership approach to eliminate disparities and measure progress in reducing disparities over time.
- Establish a number of baseline IPEC community-engaged activities and track the growth of the number of IPEC-engaged projects and graduates who enter the Indiana workforce.
Goal 5: Adapt Global Perspectives to Address Local Challenges
IU Indianapolis is committed to preparing faculty, staff, and students to engage the broader world and to building international partnerships that advance research, further student learning, and improve communities through local solutions to global challenges.
- Global research: Expand opportunities for global research and service, whether conducted in Indiana or internationally, as a critical component of the IU Indianapolis research agenda.
- Global teaching and learning: Provide greater access to global teaching and learning for local impact.
- International partnerships: Develop and/or grow international institutional strategic partnerships that advance IU Indianapolis’s globally recognized commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Partner with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) to increase the participation of IU Indianapolis experts in consultations/support for state trade and foreign investment activity.
- Partner with The International Center, the Indiana-based non-profit, to increase linkages between Indiana industry and foreign businesses, particularly those with an affiliation to IU Indianapolis or IU Indianapolis’s international institutional partners.
- Increase research expenditures related to interdisciplinary global research both internal and external to IU Indianapolis.
- Increase the number of Fulbright scholar awards to IU Indianapolis faculty and staff (currently 19).
- Develop a baseline for the number of faculty, staff, and students who are teaching, researching, or engaging in service around the SDGs with international partner institutions and increase annually.
Goal 6: Increase College Completion in Indiana by Expanding Pathways for Students with Prior Credit
- Support for some college, no credential adult and transfer students: Contribute and support the number of adult returning and transfer students enrolling and attending IU Indianapolis.
- Some College, No Credential. Target and support students with some college but no credential in returning and completing their degrees.
- Recognition of past experiences: Develop returning adult student opportunities to complete degrees through an increase in credit for prior learning opportunities.
- Pathways to completion: Expand pathways for Some College, No Credential Students to complete their bachelor’s degree.
- Increase six-year graduation rates to 65% for Adult students (full time).
- Increase six-year graduation rates to 75% for Transfer students.
- Increase retention rate to 85% for Adult students (Fulltime)
- Increase retention rate to 85% for transfer students.
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