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POSITION: Chancellor INSTITUTION: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis LOCATION: Indianapolis, IN THE UNIVERSITY-A BRIEF HISTORY Although Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is only 33 years old, it can trace its origins to several private professional schools that operated in Indianapolis in the late nineteenth century and which eventually became part of Indiana University. Indiana University's first presence in the city came in 1905, when the School of Medicine began offering a program of clinical instruction here. The development of what is now the IUPUI campus began nine years later with the opening of the Robert W. Long Hospital, the first building of what was to become the Indiana University Medical Center. At about the same time, the University also began programs in nursing and social service in Indianapolis which were associated with the School of Medicine-programs which later grew into the School of Nursing and the School of Social Work. Other academic units in Indianapolis were developed or acquired by Indiana University over the following half-century. An extension center, opened in 1916, offered programs that would later became part of the schools of Liberal Arts, Business, Education, and Continuing Studies. The schools of Art, Dentistry, Law, and Physical Education and Tourism Management were pre-existing private schools that became part of the University. IU's schools of Journalism and of Public and Environmental Affairs established programs in Indianapolis in the 1970s. In the 1980s, the academic program of IU's School of Music in Indianapolis was also expanded. Purdue University first established its presence in Indianapolis with defense training programs during World War II. During the 1950s and the 1960s Purdue expanded its Indianapolis programs and subsequently built a local campus on East 38th Street, offering baccalaureate degrees in a number of areas in science, engineering, and technology. IUPUI was formed in 1969 when Indiana and Purdue universities merged their Indianapolis programs with Indiana University assuming full administrative and fiscal responsibilities for the Indianapolis campus. As part of the merger agreement, each University accepted complementary academic missions. Purdue missions at IUPUI are met by the School of Science and the School of Engineering and Technology. By merging comparable programs, IUPUI strengthened a number of academic departments and eliminated duplication. At the same time, the merger offered students access to a much wider range of opportunities than either University could have offered by itself. Since the formation of IUPUI in 1969, growth of the campus has been dramatic. IUPUI is now the third largest campus in Indiana. Total enrollment has increased from about 13,000 in 1969 to 29,000 today. The twenty degree-granting schools of IUPUI offer a total of 262 degree and certificate programs, the most comprehensive in the state, ranging from professional, associate to doctorate. A complete list of IUPUI Schools includes: Allied Health Sciences, Herron School of Art, Kelley School of Business, Continuing Studies, Dentistry, Education, Engineering & Technology; the Graduate School, Informatics and New Media, Journalism, Law, Liberal Arts, Library and Information Science, Medicine, Music, Nursing, Physical Education and Tourism Management, Public and Environmental Affairs, Science, Social Work, and University College. IUPUI, together with IU Bloomington, form the academic core of the eight-campus statewide Indiana University System. More than half a billion dollars have been invested at IUPUI in new buildings and other construction during the past twenty years. The 2001-02 operating budget for IUPUI totals approximately $832 million. THE URBAN CONTEXT While IUPUI has inherited many traditions from Indiana's two Big Ten universities, it is nationally recognized as a model for urban universities due to its close ties to the capital city and to other communities across the state. An emerging Midwest research corridor, extending from West Lafayette to Bloomington with IUPUI at the center, provides unprecedented opportunities for collaborative studies of urban problems and biomedical research. Located west of downtown Indianapolis and just blocks from the Statehouse and centers of business, art, and culture, IUPUI offers many opportunities for career-related internships and employment. The University's relationship with Indianapolis has long been a model for community engagement. The professional schools on campus have close ties to economic, governmental, educational, and cultural institutions in the state's capital city. More than four out of five of IUPUI's entering freshmen come from the central Indiana region. In fact, IUPUI enrolls more Indiana residents than any other campus in the state. The cultural treasures of Indianapolis-outstanding museums, parks, and performing arts-are easily accessible to IUPUI students. The city of Indianapolis, the nation's 12th largest, has gone through a dramatic revitalization and stunning renaissance. The surrounding eight-county metropolitan area has a population of 1.6 million and a projected pattern of continuing population growth well into the 21st century. The city has a tradition of fiscal conservatism, a diversified economy and labor force, and a business climate marked by public/private partnership. Of all the cities in the U.S., Indianapolis is the most centrally located to the top 100 business markets. Nearly two-thirds of the residents of the U.S. live within 700 miles of the city. These are among the demographic factors that show the enormous potential for continued growth and community support for IUPUI and its programs. VISION, MISSION AND VALUES OF THE UNIVERSITY IUPUI represents the commitment of Indiana's two largest universities to ensuring access to public higher education in the largest urban area of the state. It is the crossroads where two distinct, but complementary, academic missions converge, giving IUPUI students the broadest possible array of choices for their education. The VISION of IUPUI is to be one of the best urban universities, recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for its achievements. In support of this vision, the MISSION of IUPUI is to provide for its constituents excellence in • Teaching and Learning • Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity • Civic Engagement, Locally, Nationally, and Globally with each of these core activities characterized by • Collaboration within and across disciplines and with the community, • A commitment to ensuring diversity, and • Pursuit of best practices IUPUI VALUES the commitment of students to learning; of faculty to the highest standards of teaching, scholarship, and service; and of staff to the highest standards of service. IUPUI recognizes students as partners in learning. IUPUI values the opportunities afforded by its location in Indiana's capital city and is committed to serving the needs of the community. As a leader in fostering collaborative relationships, IUPUI values collegiality, cooperation, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship as well as honesty, integrity, and support for open inquiry and dissemination of findings. IUPUI is committed to the personal and professional development of a diverse campus community of students, faculty, and staff; to continuous improvement of its programs and services; and to building a strong, welcoming campus community for all. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS As Indiana's most comprehensive university, IUPUI confers more professional degrees than any other campus in Indiana. In fact, IUPUI is fifteenth in the nation in total professional enrollments and eighth in the nation in the number of degrees (1166) conferred in the health professions and related sciences on a single campus. IUPUI is the home campus for the state's only schools of Medicine and Dentistry, as well as statewide programs in Nursing and Social Work. Its offerings are also available through IUPU Columbus. The School of Law is the state's largest and the School of Nursing is the nation's largest. Several state, county, and federal hospitals, and dozens of clinics and research centers that are part of the IU Medical Center at IUPUI contribute to a rich array of health-related courses of study. Health, longevity, and quality of life will grow in importance in the 21st century economy in the United States and around the world. IUPUI has put in place a number of programs, centers and facilities aimed at enhancing the University's research capacity and funding competitiveness in these areas. Recent significant additions include the Medical Research and Library Building, the R2 research building, the Indiana Cancer pavilion, the Van Nuys Medical Sciences addition, the Cancer Research Institute, the Center for Aging Research, and the Wells Center for Pediatric Research. The School of Law has recently moved into the new Inlow Hall and is poised to expand its international program and to further strengthen its programs in areas that interface law and medicine. Construction has also begun on the new Informatics/ Communication Technology complex. The Herron School of Art will soon have a new home in Eskenazi Hall, thereby completing the final phase of IUPUI's ambitious Campus Consolidation Plan that was begun some thirty years ago. In additional to its nationally renowned health and professional programs, the University also offers strong programs and research opportunities in the arts and sciences and engineering through its School of Liberal Arts, School of Science, and School of Engineering and Technology. Many of the recently developed programs in these schools, such as the undergraduate minor in Medical Humanities, the graduate programs in Bioethics, Regenerative Biology and Medicine, Biological Psychology and Bio-engineering underscore the interdisciplinary nature of these emerging fields and the continuing growth of IUPUI as a comprehensive university with unique strengths in the health sciences and related disciplines. Since three out of four IUPUI students are undergraduates, their educational success is currently the focus of the University's retention effort. In 1997, the University College was established to serve as the gateway to the University for most undergraduates by offering undergraduate orientation, advising and mentoring. The College also serves as the home of the Honors Program. IUPUI is on the cutting edge of technology and home to one of the most sophisticated libraries in the United States with respect to electronic information systems and resources. Students also have access to outstanding professional libraries within the schools of Art, Dentistry, Law, and Medicine. Current library holdings campus wide include more than 1.2 million volumes; 16,000 periodicals and journals; more than 2.5 million microforms; 106,000 government documents; and 51,000 audio-visual materials. IUPUI's University Library provides regional leadership for developing digital resources and making them available throughout the community. IUPUI is a Network Operations Center for the Abilene Network, the Next Generation Internet. IUPUI also takes great care to serve all members of its community fully and has electronic resources-computer reading systems, large print video, voice character generators, and others tools-to assist persons with disabilities. Each year IUPUI's Community Learning Network (CLN) provides hundreds of continuing education classes, enrolling more than 15,000 students in Central Indiana. With more than 20 certified programs, CLN is an access point for learners in career development. CLN also takes IUPUI college courses to neighborhoods, businesses, and shopping centers in the evening and on the weekend. Hundreds of courses are offered off campus each semester to enable adult learners to complete their degrees. In order to make learning even more accessible to adult learners, CLN offers many distance education courses. Web-based or video-based courses now register more than 4,000 students per year. Building upon a tradition of excellence in higher education, IUPUI provides access for committed learners to quality education that conveys the skills, intellectual framework, and values necessary for life-long learning. Its programs and services influence thinking and practice throughout the state, across the country, and around the world. IUPUI serves as a catalyst for collaboration in teaching, research, and service among its faculty, students, and staff, and among the state's educational institutions, including colleges, universities, Indianapolis-area schools, and other learning organizations. IUPUI is home to a number of excellent interdisciplinary research centers and in coming decades expects to become one of the nation's leading centers of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. STUDENT PROFILE IUPUI's 29,000 students come from 49 states and 122 countries. Each year more than 4,000 men and women at the University earn IU or Purdue degrees. The average age of the 2000-01 entering class was 19.6, and 78 percent of the beginning freshmen attended IUPUI full-time. More than $67 million in financial assistance is provided to undergraduate students in the form of scholarships, grants, loans and work-study programs. IUPUI students come from diverse ethnic cultures, with different personal, academic and professional goals. The IUPUI Office of Student Life and Diversity supports this diversity by providing a variety of cultural, leadership, social, and educational programs. There are more than 200 student organizations, including 16 school-based student councils. The University has housing for approximately 450 students and is in the process of developing additional housing on campus. Off-campus housing is available nearby. IUPUI is a NCAA Division I School participating in the Mid-Continent Conference in fourteen varsity sports programs. Men's sports include basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, and tennis. Women's sports include basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. ALUMNI IUPUI has more than 110,000 alumni living worldwide with an ever growing and active alumni relations program. The alumni program is managed by the IU Alumni Association in conjunction with the Office of External Affairs. Programming in the dues paying Association is offered through each school's constituent society, through campus-wide events, and through the IU and Purdue Alumni Associations and their club and other networks. BUDGET AND FINANCE (2001-02 FIGURES) Operating Budget: $832.6 million General Education Budget: $367.5 million Budgeted Compensation: $470.0 million State Appropriation: $197.5 million Grants and Contracts Awarded: $295.5 million Research & Sponsored Program Expenditures: $154.0 million Gift Income: $ 17.9 million The University is nearing the completion of a most successful Campaign for IUPUI for private support, with a $700 million goal that should be achieved at least a year before the campaign is scheduled to conclude in 2004. The campaign will allow the University to move to the forefront in technological innovation and will enhance resources for faculty, students and staff, and expand and improve facilities. An investment is also being made in a number of interdisciplinary research centers, programs, and institutes. THE CHANCELLOR'S DUTIES AND REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS The Chancellor reports to the President of Indiana University and serves as both the Chief Executive Officer for the Indianapolis campus and Vice President for Long-range Planning for the Indiana University System. On behalf of the President, the Chancellor is charged with academic leadership and general supervision of the Indianapolis-based operational functions that provide support services. Reporting directly to the Chancellor are: Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties, Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance, Vice Chancellor for External Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Planning & Institutional Improvement, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, and Vice Chancellor for Student Life & Diversity. Also reporting directly are deans and directors of system-wide schools and programs such as Business, Continuing Studies, Dentistry, Labor Studies, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry, Physical Education and Tourism Management, Public and Environmental Affairs and Social Work. For further details, see the attached IUPUI Organizational Chart. Working directly with the President's Office in the capacity of Vice President for Long-range planning, the Chancellor analyzes conditions affecting the eight-campus Indiana University System and formulates appropriate operating policies and decisions, and develops, as necessary, appropriate recommendations to the Board of Trustees. In addition, the Chancellor shares responsibilities for a number of system-wide matters that involve collaborative relationships with other members of the President's Office. As chief operating officer of the sole state university campus in Indiana's capital city and most populous region, the Chancellor has special responsibilities, along with the President, to represent the interests of the university in the Indianapolis area. These responsibilities include maintaining and further developing mutually beneficial relationships with governmental, business, industrial, professional, social, educational, and cultural institutions in the metropolitan community. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT CHANCELLOR The opportunities and challenges for the next Chancellor will include but not be limited to • Positioning the University as a transformative force and an indispensable civic partner with the city and the state in the continuing economic and cultural development of central Indiana; • Establishing IUPUI as a complementary and equal partner with IU Bloomington in advancing President Myles Brand's vision for Indiana University to become "America's New Public University." • Strengthening the campus identity among students, faculty, alumni and the general public and advancing the agenda of IUPUI as a whole, emphasizing the cohesive development of the general academic schools as well as the health and professional disciplines. • Fostering a culture of internal collaboration that would encourage the crossing of departmental and programmatic boundaries to take full advantage of the extraordinary interdisciplinary learning and research opportunities on campus; • Securing funding and support for laboratory buildings that would enable the health and professional schools to advance to the very front rank of medical and professional education among state-supported institutions; • Securing resources that would ensure the continuing development of graduate and research programs, especially innovative interdisciplinary programs, that are critical to the IUPUI's research mission and its national reputation; • Continuing improvement of the campus learning environment, student life, the quality of undergraduate education and retention rate; • Planning and advocating effectively for some much needed campus facilities, including on-campus student housing, a student center, as well as additional instructional and research space; • Continuing the development of the University's NCAA Division One athletics programs and facilities; • Finding additional sources of revenue to counter-balance the national trend of leveling state support. DESIRED QUALITIES The Chancellor Search Committee seeks individuals with exceptional records of academic and research performance, professional and personal achievement, leadership experience in complex environments, and the highest qualities of intellect, integrity, and character. In addition to these qualities, a viable candidate must • Be committed to the mission, traditions and expectations of an urban research university, which is home to a major academic health science center; • Possess outstanding communication skills and the ability to formulate a clear academic and organizational vision for the University and its many programs; • Be a good listener and advocate for students, faculty and staff; • Be able to make timely and difficult decisions; • Maintain a strong commitment to openness and consensus building, consistent with the University's tradition of shared governance among the administration, faculty and staff; • Demonstrate an ability to attract, develop, and retain outstanding faculty and administrators; • Bring a creative and entrepreneurial approach to problem solving; • Have ability to fulfill important external functions including fundraising, government and community relations; • Share a commitment to diversity and affirmative action. COMPENSATION Open and competitive. STARTING DATE Preferred July 1, 2003. CONTACT The search is commencing immediately and will continue until the position is filled. For full consideration, please forward a letter of application, accompanied by a curriculum vitae and a list of references no later than October 1, 2002. Nominations and applications should be sent, in confidence and preferably electronically, to: A.T. Kearney Education Practice 333 John Carlyle Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703/739-4613 Fax: 703/518-1782 Email: doug.honker@atkearney.com IUPUI is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to enhancing the cultural and gender diversity of the campus. Applications from persons who will contribute to this diversity are especially encouraged. IUPUI Organizational Chart [ Assistance in accessing PDF files ... ] More information is available at: http://www.iupui.edu/chancellorsearch.htm. |