Improving Learning at IUPUI is About Data

Chancellor Bantz accepting award

IUPUI's approach to improving learning can be summed up in three words: data, data, data.

Using centralized data and analysis services housed in the Office of Planning and Institutional Improvement, the campus has systematically assessed outcomes, evaluated programs and conducted institutional research in a manner that has won praise from data-driven business professionals and higher education organizations alike.

IUPUI's practice of "Building a Culture of Evidence to Improve Learning" recently received an honorable mention from the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement for Higher Education (NCCI) when that organization announced its 2008 Leveraging Excellence Awards. The NCCI advances sustainable excellence in higher education by promoting the practice and discipline of continuous improvement across all academic and administrative functions.

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IUPUI administrators and educators approach virtually every proposed program or initiative with two questions, said Trudy Banta, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor for Academic Planning and Evaluation. "Where is the evidence the program or initiative is needed and what evidence will be collected to show it is successful?"

Systematic use of evidence-based decision-making for more than a decade has transformed the campus, beginning with the creation of University College in 1997 to better serve entering students to the construction of a $56 million Campus Center, which opened in January 2008.
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IUPUI Hosts 7th Congressional District Debate March 6

What may be the final debate among three candidates vying to fill the 7th Congressional District seat that was held by the late U.S. Rep. Julia Carson will be held at IUPUI on March 6. Portions of the debate will be broadcast live on 24-Hour News 8 and WTLC-AM. 1310.

Amos Brown III, host and managing editor of "Afternoons with Amos" on WTLC-AM, and Jim Shella, 24-Hour News 8 political reporter, will serve as co-moderators of the 90-minute debate between Democrat Andre Carson, Republican Jon Elrod and Libertarian Sean Shepard.
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Philosophy Professor Edits "Battlestar Galactica" Text for Sci-Fi Fans and Non-Fans Alike

Assistant Professor Jason T. Eberl

IUPUI Assistant Professor Jason T. Eberl loves a good, special-effects-laden space battle as much as the next science fiction fan, but he also knows a good thinking man's plot when he sees one.

This summer, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis students in Eberl's Philosophy Through Pop Culture course - co-taught with colleague George Dunn - will explore chapters of Eberl's latest book, along with clips of the Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica." The TV clips and the IUPUI professor's writings will serve as supplements to the students' readings of the core teachings of key philosophical thinkers.
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IUPUI In-House Marketing Team Earns Five National Advertising Awards

IUPUI's Office of Communication & Marketing is a big winner in this year's 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards, earning five awards - a "Best of Show," two Gold awards, one Bronze and a Merit award - in the nation's largest educational advertising competition.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis snagged a prestigious "Best of Show" award for its "Where IMPACT is Made" campaign. Among universities with enrollments of 20,000 or more students, IUPUI won a Gold award for the "IMPACT" campaign, a Bronze award for JagTV's "The Spot" news/feature podcast, and a Merit award for health and life sciences podcasts.

IUPUI is one of 16 select universities to earn "Best of Show" awards in the national competition sponsored by the Admissions Marketing Report (AMR). The "IMPACT" campaign won the Gold award in the Total Advertising Package category.
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Symposium To Mark 40th Anniversary of Federal Fair Housing Law

Theodore M. Shaw, Esq.

The Indiana Law Review, a legal periodical edited and managed by students at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, will host a symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of the passage of the federal law designed to eliminate housing discrimination and segregation.

Titled "The Fair Housing Act After 40 Years: Continuing the Mission to Eliminate Housing Discrimination and Segregation," the symposium will be held April 3 and 4, 2008, in the Wynne Courtroom of IU School of Law-Indianapolis, located at 530 West New York St. on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus.

The event will begin at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2008, with the keynote address by Theodore M. Shaw, Esq., director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Shaw's topic will be "The Place of Race in Post-Affirmative Action America."
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