Introduction to IUPUI

A Brief History of IUPUI

Although IUPUI was founded in 1969, 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 permanent presence in the city came in 1905, when its 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 Robert W. Long Hospital, the first building of what was to become the Indiana University Medical Center. At about the same time, the University began programs in nursing and social service in Indianapolis 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 be organized under the schools of Liberal Arts, Business, Education, and Continuing Studies, while the schools of Art, Dentistry, Law, and Physical Education were pre-existing private schools that became part of the University. IU's schools of Journalism and of Public and Environmental Affairs established programs at IUPUI in the 1970's. In recent years, the presence of IU's School of Music and the School of Library and Information Science have enhanced IUPUI.

Purdue University first established a presence in Indianapolis with its defense training programs during World War II.

During the 1950's and 1960's Purdue expanded its Indianapolis programs and built a regional campus on East 38th Street.

When Indiana and Purdue universities combined their Indianapolis programs in 1969, each university accepted complementary academic missions. Purdue missions at IUPUI are conducted 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. There are now 20 academic units at IUPUI. In the last decade, the schools of Journalism, Music, and Allied Health Sciences have either been established at IUPUI or been granted school status.

The growth of the campus since the formation of IUPUI in 1969 has been dramatic. IUPUI is now the third largest campus in Indiana and offers the widest selection of degree programs. Total enrollment has increased from about 13,000 in 1969 to nearly 28,000. There are now some 170 degree programs, and more than $350 million has been invested in new classroom buildings and other construction. The 1994-95 operating budget for IUPUI totalled $850 million, including the IU Medical Center.

In 1997, the campus took a bold step to ensure the future of healthcare training opportunities for its Medical Center. The two university hospitals, Riley Hospital for Children and University Hospital, were merged

with Methodist Hospital of Indiana in a new not-for-profit healthcare corporation known as Clarian Health Partners, Inc. This new corporation will ensure high-quality medical service for the citizens of Indiana and the Midwest and provide the best training opportunities possible for future physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers. Clarian Health Partners ranks among the largest providers of healthcare in the United States.

IUPUI has inherited traditions of Indiana's two Big Ten universities and has developed its own urban qualities, with close ties to its capital city and to communities across the state. Indiana University, founded in 1820 in Bloomington, enrolls more than 92,000 students at eight campuses throughout the state. The Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses form IU's academic core with a wide range of disciplines and professions. Purdue University, founded in 1869 at West Lafayette, is Indiana's land-grant institution with many outreach and service programs.

A Midwest research corridor, reaching from West Lafayette to Bloomington, with IUPUI at the center, is among plans for the future, as are collaborative studies of urban problems and development of the campus as a national model for urban universities. A new Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, recently created at IUPUI, will expedite that process.

More than four out of five of IUPUI's entering freshmen come from the Indianapolis region. Professional schools at the campus have very close ties to economic, governmental, educational, and cultural institutions in the state's capital city. The eight-county, central Indiana metropolitan area has a current population of approximately 1.3 million and a projected population in the year 2005 of 1.355 million, a continued pattern of growth. The city has a tradition of fiscal conservatism, a diversified economy and labor force, and a business climate marked by public-private partnership. It is the city in the U.S. most centrally located to the top 100 markets, and nearly two-thirds of the residents of the U.S. live within 700 miles. These and other demographic factors indicate potential for continued community support for IUPUI and its programs.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Mission, Vision, Values, Strategic Initiatives

IUPUI offers the most comprehensive range of academic programs of any campus in Indiana and is the state's principal site for graduate professional education. IUPUI is an urban research university created as a partnership by and between Indiana and Purdue Universities in 1969. It is the home campus for state-wide programs in medicine, dentistry, nursing, allied health, and social work and extends its program offerings through IUPU Columbus. IUPUI's University Libraries provide regional leadership for development of and access to digital images as well as text-based resources. 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 and across the country. 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, and schools of the Indianapolis region, and other learning organizations. In the next century IUPUI expects to become one of the nation's leading centers of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

The vision of IUPUI is to be one of the nation's best urban universities

· Achieving this status involves being recognized as a learning-centered institution with distinctive strengths in practicing the responsibilities of excellence, collaboration, centrality and community, and accountability.

The mission of IUPUI is to:

Raise educational achievement and intellectual aspirations in Indianapolis, the state and beyond through leadership and access.

· Develop and apply knowledge to ever-changing issues of health and economic and social well-being through teaching, research, and service.

· Enhance the public and private lives of students by offering the state's most comprehensive range of effective academic programs, from the liberal arts and sciences to a wide array of professional programs.

· Serve as a model for collaboration and multidisciplinary work through partnerships with Indiana University and Purdue University and the community, drawing upon the distinctive strengths of the academic health sciences and the resources of the capital city and state.

· Build understanding and respect in academic and human relationships through cultural diversity.

IUPUI Academic Units and Campuses

The core of IUPUI is its academic units. There are 21 academic units at IUPUI, two with Purdue academic missions. Although there are a smaller number of Purdue undergraduate schools, they are the largest schools at IUPUI, providing preparatory courses for many other units and having the largest number of students among degree-granting divisions at IUPUI. The academic units are:

IU School of Allied Health Sciences

IU School of Business

IU School of Continuing Studies

IU School of Dentistry

IU School of Education

PU School of Engineering and Technology

IU Graduate School

IU Herron School of Art

IU School of Journalism

IU School of Law

IU School of Liberal Arts

IU School of Library and Information Science

IU School of Medicine

IU School of Music

IU School of Nursing

IU School of Physical Education

IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs

PU School of Science

IU School of Social Work

PU Graduate School

The IUPUI main campus on West Michigan and New York streets now accommodates most of the academic programs, although even these schools on the main campus have active teaching programs using off-campus facilities such as classrooms at shopping malls, industrial sites, and high schools, or using the media of television and internet. The geographic distribution of some IUPUI schools is more complex. For example, the School of Business operates as one school on both the IUPUI and IU Bloomington campuses. Likewise, the School of Education at IUPUI is merged with its counterpart in IU Bloomington. The central base of the university-wide IU School of Nursing is at IUPUI, but classes are offered at eight sites around the state. The IU Medical Center is on the IUPUI campus, but the School of Medicine also has faculty and students at the Medical Sciences Program at IU Bloomington and at seven Centers for Medical Education associated with public and private universities in South Bend, Gary, Muncie, West Lafayette, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, and Evansville.

Other remote IUPUI campuses include that of the Herron School of Art, which is located at 16th and Pennsylvania streets in Indianapolis, and the campus of IUPU Columbus, which is located 40 miles south of Indianapolis in Columbus, Indiana.

Further idiosyncrasies in school-campus affiliations include the following: although the Music Program at IUPUI is an academic unit, it does not yet have independent "school" status, but is a part of the IU School of Music in Bloomington. Similarly, the Restaurant, Hotel, Institution, Tourism Program reports to the School of Physical Education at IUPUI and it is part of the PU School in West Lafayette. The School of Allied Health Sciences is a school within the School of Medicine. The IU School of Optometry is located on the Bloomington campus, but it has clinical facilities in Indianapolis and reports to the Vice President for Indianapolis. More detailed information about each of these schools is available in the 1992 NCA Self-Study accreditation documents and in the school bulletins. The following is a list of Academic Degree Programs offered at IUPUI as of 1995:

Interdisciplinary

Certificate in Gerontology

IU School of Allied Health Sciences

Associate of Science in:

Paramedic Science

Radiography

Bachelor of Science in:

Cytotechnology

Health Information Administration

Health Sciences Education

Medical Imaging Technology

Medical Technology

Nuclear Medicine Technology

Occupational Therapy

Physical Therapy

Radiation Therapy

Respiratory Therapy

Master of Science in Health Sciences Education

Master of Science in Occupational Therapy

Master of Science in Physical Therapy

IU School of Business

Certificate in Business Studies

Bachelor of Science in Business with concentrations in:

Accounting

Business Economics and Public Policy

Finance

Finance/Insurance

Finance/Real Estate

Human Resources Management

Management

Marketing

Marketing/Distribution Management

Master of Business Administration

IU School of Continuing Studies

Certificate in Labor Studies

Associate of General Studies

Associate of Science in Labor Studies

Bachelor of General Studies

Bachelor of Science in Labor Studies

IU School of Dentistry

Certificate in Dental Assisting

Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene

Bachelor of Science in Public Health Dental Hygiene

Master of Science in Dentistry

Doctor of Dental Surgery

IU School of Education

Associate of Science in Early Childhood Education

Bachelor of Science in:

Elementary Education

Social Studies Education

Secondary Education

(Purdue Degrees)

Biology

Chemistry

Mathematics

Physics

(IU Degrees)

English

French

German

Spanish

Speech Communication and Theatre

Master of Science in:

Adult Education

College Student Personnel Administration

Counseling and Counselor Education

Educational Psychology

Elementary Education

Language Education

Special Education

Secondary Education

School Administration

Specialist in Education in School Administration

Doctor of Education in:

Higher Education

Language Education

School Administration

Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indianapolis

Certificate in:

Labor Relations Analyst

Technical Drafting

Associate in Applied Science with majors in:

Architectural Technology

Biomedical Electronics Technology

Civil Engineering Technology

Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology

Computer Technology

Electrical Engineering Technology

Mechanical Drafting/Design Technology

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Supervision

Bachelor of Science with majors in:

Computer Technology

Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology

Construction Technology

Electrical Engineering Technology

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Supervision

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Arts in Art History

Bachelor of Fine Arts with concentrations in:

Ceramics

General Fine Arts

Painting

Photography

Printmaking

Sculpture

Visual Communications

Woodworking Design

Master of Art Education

IU School of Journalism

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

IU School of Law

Bachelor of Laws

Doctor of Jurisprudence

IU School of Liberal Arts

Certificate in International Studies

Certificate in Museum Studies

Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts with concentrations in:

Arts and Humanities

Social Sciences

Bachelor of Arts in:

Anthropology

Communication and Theatre

Economics

English

French

Geography

German

History

Philosophy

Political Science

Religious Studies

Sociology

Spanish

IU School of Medicine

Master of Science in Medical Science

Doctor of Medical Science

Doctor of Medicine

IU School of Nursing

Associate of Science in Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master of Science in Nursing in:

Community Health Nursing

Nursing Administration

Nursing of Adults with Biodissonance

Parent-Child Nursing

Primary Care Nursing

Psychiatric; Mental Health Nursing

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Master of Science in Engineering

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Engineering

Purdue University Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institution, Tourism Management Indianapolis (IU School of Physical Education)

Associate in Applied Science with majors in:

Food Service and Lodging Supervision

IU Graduate School

Master of Science with majors in:

Anatomy

Biochemistry

Dentistry

Geology

Medical Biophysics

Medical Genetics

Medical Neurobiology

Microbiology and Immunology

Pathology

Pharmacology

Physiology

Toxicology

Master of Arts with majors in:

Economics

History

Philanthropic Studies

Doctor of Philosophy with majors in:

Anatomy

Biochemistry

Dental Science

Medical Biophysics

Medical Genetics

Medical Neurobiology

Microbiology and Immunology

Pathology

Pharmacology

Physiology

Toxicology

Purdue Graduate Degrees Conferred at West Lafayette

Ph.D. in Biology

Ph.D. in Chemistry

Ph.D. in Mathematics

Ph.D. in Physics

Ph.D. in Psychobiology

IU Herron School of Art

Bachelor of Art Education

IU School of Physical Education

Bachelor of Science in Physical Education

IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Certificates in:

Hazard Materials Management

Public Management

Area Certificate in:

Environmental Studies

Public Affairs

Public Health

Associate of Science in Criminal Justice

Associate of Science in Public Affairs with concentrations in:

Criminal Justice

Emergency Services Administration

Environmental Affairs

Public Administration

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Bachelor of Science in Health Services Management

Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs with concentrations in:

Criminal Justice

Management

Urban Affairs

Bachelor of Science in Public Health with concentrations in:

Environmental Science and Health

Health Administration

Master of Health Administration

Master of Public Affairs

Master of Planning

Purdue School of Science Indianapolis

Bachelor of Arts in:

Biology

Chemistry

Geology (IU Degree)

Psychology

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Bachelor of Science in:

Biology

Chemistry

Computer Science

Geology (IU Degree)

Mathematical Sciences

Physics

Psychology

Master of Science in:

Biology

Chemistry

Computer Science

Mathematics

Physics

Psychology

Doctor of Philosophy in:

Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology

IU School of Social Work

Bachelor of Social Work

Master of Social Work

Doctor of Philosophy in:

Social Work

Other IUPUI Academic Programs, Institutes,
and Centers

In addition to the schools listed above, other educational units serve the students at IUPUI. These include the following:

Community Learning Network

The Community Learning Network is dedicated to providing quality educational programs for the non-traditional learner both on and off campus. The programs included in the Community Learning network are:

Continuing Studies

Continuing Studies provides non-credit programs for non-traditional students in Central Indiana at convenient times and places, both on and off campus. The programs, which are planned in order to meet the needs of the community, include the study of topics in business, computers, arts and culture, life styles, massage therapy, communication, real estate pre licensing, foreign languages, and paralegal studies. Additionally, Continuing Studies arranges for contract training for business and industry. Programs of instructions can be developed to meet the specific needs of the employer and delivered on site, on campus, or at a neutral site. For more information or to become a Continuing Studies instructor, call the Director of Non-Credit Programs, 274-4501.

General Studies Program

The General Studies degree program is a part of the School of Continuing Studies. It offers a Certificate in General Studies, an Associate in General Studies, and a Bachelors in General Studies. The program is interdisciplinary, with no major, and relies heavily on requirements from the Arts and Sciences. The program is designed for adult learners and most students are degree completion. General Studies has no

faculty and does not teach any classes. It is governed by a faculty advising committee made up of faculty of the various schools.

IUPUI and IVY TECH Office of Coordinated Programs

The IUPUI and IVY TECH Office of Coordinated Programs serves to facilitate cooperation between the two institutions, working across several functions and activities to coordinate programs in the community. The office serves to assist faculty and staff with information about both institutions and to encourage collaboration with IVY TECH faculty to develop course transfer and program articulation as appropriate.

Office of Credit Programs

The Office of Credit Programs has as its motto "The University Goes to the People so the People Can Go to the University," and directs the offering of credit course and degree/certificate programs on campus on weekends and at off-campus sites. Its work includes the following:

· Distance Education offers more than 20 televised and video taped telecourses, transmitted by Marion County cable systems and area wide public television, to students who prefer the convenience of classes offered electronically. In this rapidly growing program, students can complete associate degrees in their homes or workplaces. The office also coordinates the IUPUI activities of the Indiana College Network , credit and non-credit classes distributed via satellite, the VIC classrooms, and IHETS from the seven member public universities (Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education) to many learning centers around the state.

· Weekend College has approximately 2,500 students enrolled in Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday classes pursuing a baccalaureate or associate degree.

· Learn & Shop College Credit Program offers credit courses and complete degree programs in five major Indianapolis shopping malls. Two university services are in operation. One at Circle

Centre and one at Glendale mall. In addition, virtual service centers are in development in Hamilton County and Hendricks County. The Circle Centre service center has meeting rooms available for faculty use. For more information call 274-4887.

· Off Campus Classes offers credit an noncredit classes in area high schools in Marion County, Hamilton County, Hendricks County, and Johnson County. These classes are in addition to the Learn & Shop classes.

· IUPUI assists area businesses and industries by offering credit courses at their work sites and by providing their employees with admission, academic counseling, registration, testing, and IUPUI program information at the workplace. Employees are guaranteed an on-campus resource link to student services, professional academic programs, and career development.

Center on Public Service and Leadership

The Office of Student Voluntary Community Service

As a metropolitan university, IUPUI has a unique opportunity to build community partnerships that support and enhance learning. The Center on Public Service and Leadership seeks ways to integrate community service with academic study by assisting faculty in the design and implementation of service learning courses. This office sponsors faculty development workshops, identifies community placements, conducts research, and seeks external funds to support faculty in the development of service learning courses. As a part of the Center, the Office of Student Voluntary Community Service supports students in co-curricular service activities, and coordinates campus wide service initiatives. This office matches students who are interested in voluntary service with community agencies and supports student organizations with service projects. Both initiatives foster service as part of the culture of IUPUI and provide the community with further access to the resources of the university.

Gerontology

IUPUI offers a Certificate in Gerontology through the IUPUI Office for Gerontology which is part of the School of Social Work. The program provides a broad-based, multidisciplinary perspective on aging and the impacts of an aging population in our society.

Honors Program

Since 1979, an IUPUI Honors Program has made available honors coursework to challenge academic high achievers and to make possible an honors degree from within any school on campus. More recently, the Honors Program has provided funding for outstanding undergraduate students involved in original research. The Honors Office coordinates departmental and school offerings and degree programs. The Honors Program director shares decision-making responsibilities with the IUPUI Honors Council.

IUPU Columbus

IUPU Columbus has been an academic unit of IUPUI since 1970. In addition to general education programs, the Columbus campus offers Purdue Statewide Technology associate degree programs as well as nursing degrees through the IU School of Nursing. The campus has 20 full-time faculty members and serves approximate 1,500 students annually.

School of Engineering and Technology Malaysia Program

The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI offers a two-year undergraduate curriculum in Malaysia at the training facility of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia's largest power company. Students are selected by Tenaga Nasional and admitted to IUPUI academic programs in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering. IUPUI sends its own faculty members and approved faculty members from other universities to teach its courses on site. Successful students transfer to IUPUI or to other universities to finish programs leading to the Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other engineering majors. The last group of students were admitted to this program in August 1997. When these students transfer to IUPUI in August 2000, the program will be phased out. Instead, newly

established private university, Universti Tenasa Nasional (UTN), will have the full degree program.

Military Science

The primary mission of the ROTC Battalion at IUPUI is to contribute to commissioning the future officer leadership of the United States Army. The Battalion at IUPUI also provides support to four additional campuses in the region through a cross-enrollment agreement with Butler University, the University of Indianapolis, Franklin College, and Marian College. The Military Science program reports to the School of Physical Education at IUPUI.

Summer Research Opportunity Program

Summer Research Opportunity Program fellowships are available to IUPUI minority undergraduates through the Graduate Office. The program provides the opportunity and a $2,000 stipend to students for two months to work on research projects supervised by faculty during the summer. The program is designed to encourage minority college students to enter graduate school.

Undergraduate Education Center

The Undergraduate Education Center was formed in 1990 by the consolidation of three units - the Adult Education Coordinating Center, the University Division, and the University Access Center. Most of the schools have direct admission of entering undergraduates, but 70% of new students begin in the UEC rather than in a designated school. The UEC provides admission, testing, and counseling for this large group of students, preparing them for admission into one of the schools at IUPUI. With the formation of University College, UEC will be incorporated in this unit.

Centers and Institutes

IUPUI is also the home of more than 50 different centers, institutes, laboratories, and other specialized programs. A listing of these appears in the Appendix of the handbook. (Appendix A)

University College

On July 1, 1997 IUPUI instituted University College as a way of improving services to

entry-level students. Faculty members from most IUPUI school were appointed to serve as the founding faculty of the College. Together with the professional academic counselors of the former Undergraduate Education Center, they are charged with creating programs and providing services to increase the persistence of beginning students.

Some of the programs of University College (UC) include:

Connections

IUPUI's new student orientation program is part of UC. The Orientation Director and a group of Student Orientation Leaders work with the faculty and staff of both UC and the schools to provide an introduction to IUPUI that seeks to instill in each student the importance of academic excellence. Students hear presentations about IUPUI from both faculty and student leaders, learn about the requirements for graduation, tour the campus, meet with their academic advisor and register for their first semester. A special program, called Family Connections, is held each semester to introduce family members to the campus and help them know what to expect while their student is in school. The Orientation Office also sponsors a Family Advisory Council.

First Year Seminars

Also known as Joining the Scholarly Community, these courses are offered by a variety of schools. Each school uses its own title. First Year Seminars provide beginning students with information about IUPUI and higher education in general, as well as skills needed to be a successful student. Content of the courses varies depending on the instructor and the school to which it is related, but all sections are expected to include several key topics including:

responsibilities and expectations of being a college student, including studying, examinations, and academic integrity

resources for goal-setting and academic planning

an introduction to the concept of disciplines

an introduction to the Principles of Undergraduate Learning

an introduction to electronic communication and technical support for IUPUI students

an introduction to the use of the IUPUI University library

Each course is led by an instructional team which includes a senior faculty member, a professional counselor from UC, a librarian, a student mentor, and a technology expert.

Learning Communities

Learning Communities include a first year experience class. Some Learning Communities link two or more classes, and some are specifically designed to introduce students to their majors. All Learning Communities offer students increased opportunities to make new friends and to get to know members of the faculty and staff who are especially interested in first-year students. Students enrolled in Learning communities are encouraged to get to know each other, to form study groups, and to learn how to get the most from their college experience.

Student Mentor/Advisor Program (Student MAP)

Special sections of Reading X150, Basic Reading Skills, designed for students most at risk because of low reading skills. Additional mentoring and assistance from a UC counselor and a student mentor are provided. Some students are eligible for improved financial aid packages which allow them to avoid loan indebtedness while bringing their skills up to a level which will improve their chances of succeeding in college-level courses.

Mentoring

Voluntary study group sessions are offered to students in 45 different courses, defined as "high-risk" courses in that the proportion of grades of D or F or withdrawals exceeds 30%. The study sessions are led by student mentors who themselves have been successful in the courses and who serve as "model students," taking notes and otherwise exhibiting the behaviors associated with students who are successful. Through the Resource Center assistance is given in areas such as time management and study skills. Lists of tutors approved by

Professional degrees are accredited by various national agencies with relevant review and approval responsibilities in their fields. These bodies include the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) representing the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, the American Occupational Therapy Association, the Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education, the Council on Legal Education of the American Bar Association, the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association, the National League for Nursing Board of Review, the Council on Social Work Education, the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, the Accrediting Council on Education for Journalism and Mass Communications, and the National Association of Schools of Art.

Governance of IUPUI

IUPUI in the State System

Indiana University is a statewide institution of eight campuses, the largest of which are at Bloomington and Indianapolis. Together, these two sites constitute the core campus of Indiana University. Six smaller campuses are located at Fort Wayne, Gary, Kokomo, New Albany, Richmond, and South Bend.

IUPUI was established by the Boards of Trustees of the two universities in January of 1969 through adoption of a joint resolution which assigned complementary academic missions and stated that Indiana University would have management responsibility. The original resolution was reaffirmed with a resolution of continued commitment to unification and advancement of Indiana University and Purdue University operations in Indianapolis, at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of IUPUI in January 1989. Indiana University's management functions include budgetary matters (including the preparation of operational and capital requests to the Indiana General Assembly), business operations, employment of staff, maintenance of academic and other records, administration of sponsored programs, provision of land and facilities, and the op

the departments are available and referrals are made to appropriate University resources.

Academic Advising

UC employs professional academic counselors who use a developmental advising model to assist students in choosing majors, understanding degree requirements, planning academic schedules, utilizing university resources, and dealing with personal issues that are inhibiting their ability to succeed in the classroom.

Accreditation of IUPUI

Degree programs in the academic divisions at IUPUI are regionally accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCA¹), which oversees the processes of academic evaluation and approval for the campus as a separate unit and as a component of the Indiana University and Purdue University multi-campus systems. The NCA has accredited IUPUI degree programs at the associate and baccalaureate levels, in addition to certain master's degree programs. These include the Master of Social Work; the Master of Arts in English and in the teaching of mathematics; Master of Science in agriculture (extension education), chemistry, engineering (interdisciplinary), industrial operations, industrial psychology, elementary education, school administration, special education, and secondary education; and Master of Arts degrees in history and economics. Accreditation for the masters and Ph.D. programs in the basic biomedical sciences is maintained through the IU Graduate School, which has offices on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses. These biomedical sciences, based in departments of the School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry, include anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical biophysics, and toxicology. The degree of Master of Business Administration is accredited as a program of the IU School of Business, which conducts academic programs at the Indianapolis and Bloomington campuses.

The IUPUI campus was first accredited by the North Central Association in 1972. The campus was subsequently accredited for ten-year periods in 1982-83 and 1992-93. The latest self-study document can be found in the offices of the Chancellor and the Dean of the Faculties as well as in the Faculty Council Office.

leadership at IUPUI on behalf of the President, participating also in central planning and related functions of the President's Office. Ranking second to the Chancellor in the IUPUI administrative structure is the Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties.

The Office of the Vice President and Chancellor (Indianapolis) is the channel through which IUPUI officers communicate to the central Indiana University administration. Requests and recommendations in regard to budgets, personnel appointments and promotions, establishment of new programs, and other substantive items move from the Vice President's Office to and through the Office of the President before submission to the Board of Trustees.

Deans head the schools that are responsible for assigned academic missions. Each of these missions is conducted by either Indiana or Purdue, in disciplines and professions where each University has traditionally and widely recognized strengths. Organization charts for the schools are available along with detailed information on their programs and faculties. Reports from each of the schools are included in the NCA Self-Study documents, as are reports from a number of administrative services departments.

An elected IUPUI Faculty Council has a central role in providing for the faculty's participation in institutional governance. Each academic division also has a faculty governance organization. There also is an elected Staff Council, which represents the clerical, technical, and professional staff.

There are a number of administrative committees, made up of faculty, staff, and student representatives, which are described briefly in this section under IUPUI Administrative Organization. An important administrative and policy group is the Council of Academic Deans, which considers problems, issues, and programs of campus-wide significance.

The Board of Advisors for IUPUI is composed of representative local citizens appointed by the President of Indiana University. They provide counsel to campus administrators on academic and physical development, relationships with the community, and related matters.

eration of central services (including such student services as admissions, registration, and financial aid).

The chief executive of Indiana University, the President, is directly accountable to the Trustees of Indiana University. The Trustees set policy for students, faculty members, and staff. They also have responsibility for faculty and administrative appointments, for disposition of University property, for curricular and organizational development, for capital development, for the setting of fees and other charges, and for a wide range of other matters.

For certain decisions related to academic missions assigned to Purdue University, the Trustees of Purdue carry responsibilities. These include concurrence in the promotion of IUPUI faculty members in Purdue mission areas and the approval of pertinent degree programs.

The President of Indiana University is assisted by several administrative officers, including the Vice President for Long Range Planning and Chancellor (IUPUI), the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chancellor (Bloomington), the Vice President for Administration, the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the Vice President for University Relations, and the Treasurer, in addition to the Chancellors of the other campuses. The Office of the President centrally provides certain services, including budgetary planning and analysis, legal services, information and computer services, international programs, research and development, and public and governmental relations.

Some of the professional and graduate programs at Indianapolis and Bloomington are consolidated or coordinated administratively to maximize academic effectiveness. The Indianapolis and Bloomington vice presidents have administrative responsibilities at the two locations and supervise programs that are unique to their respective campuses. One or the other of these vice presidents also directs assigned programs that are conducted at both campuses, or at several or all Indiana University campuses. These arrangements integrate the educational operations of the Indianapolis and Bloomington campuses, which form the academic core of the University.

The Vice President and Chancellor (Indianapolis) provides supervision and academic

Committee elected from its ranks by the council. The IUPUI Faculty Council has the following standing committees:

Academic Affairs IUPUI Faculty Handbook

Athletic Affairs Library Affairs

Budgetary Affairs Metropolitan Affairs

Campus Planning Nominating

Constitution and Bylaws Promotion and Tenure

Faculty Affairs Staff Relations

Fringe Benefits Student Affairs

More information about the Faculty Council and these committees appears in the Constitution and Bylaws below. Faculty participation in the work of faculty governance is essential to faculty ownership of the institution. With the help of the IUPUI Nominating Committee, the Executive Committee of the IUPUI Faculty Council composes the slates for elected positions and appoints members to the standing committees. Assignments are based primarily on the responses to the annual Committee Preference Sheets circulated by the IUPUI Faculty Council Office. Faculty members with particular interests may also contact the Executive Committee individually.

Faculty governance within the schools occurs in various forms. The pertinent school faculty constitution should be consulted for details.

CONSTITUTION OF THE IUPUI FACULTY

[Note: The first IUPUI Faculty Constitution was adopted in 1969. The present Constitution, with accompanying Bylaws, was adopted in April of 1978 and has been amended several times. This version includes amendments adopted through 1997.]

PREAMBLE

We, the faculty members of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, in recognition of our common goal to better human conditions through the process of education, and in recognition and appreciation of the rights and responsibilities bestowed upon us by the State of Indiana through the Indiana University and the Purdue University Boards of Trustees for the accomplishment of this goal, do establish this Constitution for the purpose of creating a system which will aid

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE), appointed by the Governor, coordinates the planning and development of post-high school public education throughout the state. The Commission was legislatively established in 1971 and advises the Governor, the State Budget Committee, and the General Assembly. It has authority to approve establishment of new campuses or new degree programs. It also reviews and makes recommendations on proposed budgets of the state's seven public institutions of postsecondary education (Ball State University, Indiana State University, Indiana University, IVY TECH, Purdue University, Vincennes University, and the University of Southern Indiana). Members of the Commission include individuals from each of Indiana's 12 Congressional districts and a faculty representative appointed by the Governor.

IUPUI Faculty Governance

The Indiana University Faculty Constitution gives the faculty legislative and consultative authority over a broad range of university activities. The Constitution delegates that authority at university-wide, campus, and school levels. The faculty at all levels exercises its authority through a variety of elected councils.

At the University-wide level, faculty governance operates through the University Faculty Council (UFC), which includes elected and ex officio faculty representatives from all eight campuses plus ex officio administrative members. The UFC has 12 standing committees, and the work of the UFC is directed by its Agenda Committee. The membership of the Agenda Committee includes the elected faculty leaders from each of the campuses, five elected members from the UFC, and the President of the University.

Faculty governance for the IUPUI campus operates through the IUPUI Faculty Council which comprises elected unit representatives from each of the schools, elected at-large representatives from the campus faculty, and ex officio administrative members. The IUPUI Faculty Council is guided by a faculty president and vice president with an Executive

3. Develop curricula, course content, academic procedures, and degree requirements, and nominate candidates for degrees, subject to the right of review by appropriate governing bodies within the universities and by appropriate external bodies when their prerogatives are affected;

4. Fix the academic calendar and the general policies for scheduling classes;

5. Establish policies for institutional and student participation in extracurricular activities;

6. Advise the Chancellor of IUPUI, the Indiana University and the Purdue University Presidents, and the Boards of Trustees concerning policies and administration of the libraries;

7. Recommend to the Chancellor of IUPUI procedures for implementing at Indianapolis all-university criteria and procedures for appointment to the faculty, general faculty welfare, dismissal from the faculty, non-reappointment, promotion in academic rank, tenure, and sabbatical leaves of absence;

8. Consult with decision-making administrators regarding proposed changes in academic organizations;

9. Continually review educational policies;

10. Consult with decision-making administrators regarding planning of physical facilities and staffing;

11. Participate in the process of selecting candidates for major executive academic positions; and,

12. Have the right to petition the Boards of Trustees through appropriate channels regarding views of the faculty on any matter pertaining to the conduct and welfare of the institutions.

ARTICLE III.
EXERCISE OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

SECTION A. ACADEMIC UNIT ORGANIZATION

The faculty of academic units within the University exercise their rights and respon

in the identification, definition, and accomplishment of major specific objectives of this faculty.

ARTICLE I.
FACULTY MEMBERSHIP

SECTION A.

Individuals serving full-time who hold the rank of instructor or professorial rank, as well as librarians of comparable rank, and who perform their functions primarily in Indianapolis, or who, having their principal functions elsewhere have rank in an academic unit which is primarily situated at IUPUI, shall be considered voting members of the faculty.

SECTION B.

The Office of Academic Affairs at IUPUI shall be responsible for maintaining a census of the voting faculty. It shall send a certified list of voting faculty to the President of the Faculty, and to the head of each academic unit not later than the end of October of each year, and it shall notify the President of the Faculty and the head of each academic unit of changes in this list as they occur.

SECTION C.

Anyone wishing to challenge any inclusion or omission from the official list shall first petition the Office of Academic Affairs. If that Office holds against the petitioner, the petitioner may present his or her case to the Faculty Council, which may rule for the petitioner by a 2/3 vote of those present and voting.

ARTICLE II.
FACULTY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

SECTION A. The faculty shall:

1. Advise the Chancellor of IUPUI, the Indiana University and the Purdue University Presidents, and the Boards of Trustees concerning policies for admission, retention, and academic placement of students;

2. Establish policies governing conduct and discipline of students;

sibilities through faculty organizations established by the faculty of those units, subject to the limitations of this Constitution.

SECTION B. THE FACULTY COUNCIL

1. Authority shall be exercised on behalf of the faculty by the Faculty Council in regular and special meetings, subject to the limitation of this Constitution.

2. The Council shall adopt Bylaws of the IUPUI Faculty Council.

3. The Council shall fill vacancies for unexpired terms of any of its elected officers.

SECTION C. REVIEW OF COUNCIL ACTIONS

1. If, at a duly called regular or special meeting of the voting faculty, a majority of those present and voting shall oppose an action of the Council, that matter will be remanded to the Council for reconsideration. To become effective, it must then be reaffirmed by 2/3 of the entire membership of the Council. However, by a majority vote the Council may submit the matter to a mail ballot of the faculty where a majority of those voting shall suffice for passage.

2. Fifty voting members of the faculty may mandate a referendum concerning an action of the Council. The Executive Committee of the Council shall conduct the referendum.

SECTION D. MEETINGS OF THE FACULTY

1. There shall be at least one meeting of the voting faculty during the academic year. The time and place of the meeting shall be determined by the Vice-President of the Faculty in conjunction with the Executive Committee. The Vice-President of the Faculty shall preside at any meeting of the faculty. The Chancellor of IUPUI shall report on the state of the Indianapolis campus at the annual meeting.

2. Special meetings of the faculty may be called by the President of the Faculty, the Chancellor of IUPUI, the Vice-President of the Faculty, the Executive Committee of the Council, the Council itself, or by petition of at least fifty voting mem

bers of the faculty, said petition to be delivered to the President of the Faculty. A special meeting shall be called within thirty days of receipt of such a petition. Any special meeting of the faculty must be called for a specific purpose and may depart from that purpose only by a suspension of the rules of order. Faculty must be given notice of time, date, place, and agenda of any meeting of the faculty at least ten days in advance. The Vice-President of the Faculty shall be responsible for keeping minutes of such a meeting and for distributing a copy of the same to each member of the faculty.

3. One hundred voting members of the faculty shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of the faculty.

ARTICLE IV.
FACULTY COUNCIL

SECTION A. FACULTY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

The Faculty Council shall be composed of elected and ex officio members.

1. Elected Members:

Faculty members dedicated to teaching, research, creative work, and service and librarians dedicated to performance, professional development, and service shall represent academic units. To be entitled to representation on the Faculty Council an academic unit shall have its faculty organization documents on file with the President of the Faculty, be headed by an Academic Dean, and be certified by the IUPUI Faculty Council. The University libraries of IUPUI shall be considered an academic unit.

a. Elected members of the Faculty Council shall consist of unit representatives and at-large representatives. The Executive Committee shall report at its January meeting on the number of unit and at-large representatives to be elected.

b. If the Council selects as its President or Vice-President a faculty member who is not a member of the Council at the time of his or

her selection, his or her presence on the Council shall be disregarded in apportioning unit and at-large representatives.

c. If the Council elects to its Executive Committee a faculty member or librarian who is not otherwise a member of the Council, that person shall serve ex officio as a member of the Faculty Council. His or her presence on the Council as an ex officio member shall be disregarded in apportioning unit and at-large representatives.

d. Elected members of the Council shall serve a term of two years unless otherwise shortened by the Council, commencing with the first Council meeting of the fall semester. No elected member shall be eligible to serve more than two terms consecutively.

e. Election of unit representatives:

At its November meeting of each odd-numbered year the Faculty Council will select a number N, as the apportionment base for election of unit representatives. Each academic unit will be entitled to elect one representative for each N persons in that unit and one representative for any fraction thereof comprising its eligible voting faculty. The "eligible voting faculty" will consist of the voting faculty in October, as officially listed and certified by the Office of Academic Affairs. The President of the Faculty will notify each unit no later than the end of the fall semester of the number of unit representatives it may elect for the following term. Each academic unit shall conduct its election of unit representatives by procedures it shall itself establish. The results of unit elections shall be reported to the President of the Faculty not later than March 15th.

f. Election of at-large representatives:

Election of at-large representatives shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified by the Bylaws of the Faculty Council, provided that the number of at-large representatives shall be equal to the number of unit representatives, and provided further that the number of elected representatives from any academic unit shall be less than one-half of the total number of elected members of the Council.

2. Ex Officio Members: The Chancellor of IUPUI, two Indianapolis administrative officers having campus-wide responsibilities and having been designated by the Chancellor, the head of each academic unit located in Indianapolis, and any elected member of the Executive Committee as well as any elected IUPUI representative to the University Faculty Council who is not otherwise a member of the Council shall be ex officio members of the Council.

3. Alternate Members: A member of the Council who must be absent from any meeting of the Council may be represented at that meeting by an alternate member, who will be permitted voice and vote.

4. Non-voting, ex-officio members:

a. The President or, in his or her absence, the Vice-President of the IUPUI Student Assembly shall be a non-voting, ex officio member of the Council.

b. The President of the IUPUI Staff Council shall be a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Faculty Council. When the Staff Council President is unable to attend meetings of the Faculty Council, he or she may send a designated alternate.

c. An elected representative of the IUPUI Senior Academy (an organization of retired IUPUI faculty and staff members) shall be a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Council.

SECTION B. OFFICERS

The Officers of the Faculty Council shall be the President of the Faculty, the Chancellor of IUPUI, the Vice-President of the Faculty, and the Parliamentarian of the Faculty Council. The Presiding Officer shall be the Vice-President of the Faculty or his or her designee. The President of the Faculty, the Vice-President of the Faculty, and the Parliamentarian shall be selected in accordance with the procedure specified by the Faculty Council Bylaws.

SECTION C. MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL

1. Regular meetings of the Council shall be held monthly during the academic year, starting in September.

2. Special meetings may be called by the President of the Faculty, the Chancellor of IUPUI, the Vice-President of the Faculty, the Executive Committee, or by petition of at least 20 members of the Council, said petition to be delivered to the President of the Faculty. The person(s) calling the meeting shall state the reason(s) for calling it, and the business of the meeting shall be restricted to items relevant to the matters for which it is called.

SECTION D. QUORUM

A majority of the Faculty Council shall constitute a quorum.

SECTION E. RECORD

The Vice-President of the Faculty shall be responsible for preparing minutes of the Faculty Council meetings and the President for minutes of the Executive Committee meetings. The original copies of all minutes shall be retained by the Faculty Council Office. The verbatim recording of the Faculty Council meetings shall be retained cumulatively for the academic year and preserved for a minimum of six months thereafter.

SECTION F. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. Composition. The Executive Committee shall consist of eight members elected by the Faculty Council for terms of two years, the President of the Faculty, who will Chair the Committee, the Chancellor of IUPUI or that Officer's designee,

and the Vice-President of the Faculty, who shall serve ex officio.

2. Eligibility. Any person who has served as an elected member of the Council within the past two years will be eligible for election to the Executive Committee. No two elected members of the Committee shall be from the same academic unit.

3. Election. Four members of the Committee will be elected each year at the Council's May meeting, except that in the first election after adoption of this provision, eight members will be elected. The four receiving the highest number of votes will serve for two years; whereas the remaining four will serve for one year.

4. Duties. The Executive Committee shall:

a. Determine the agenda for its own meetings and for regular meetings of the Council;

b. Serve as the Committee on Committees for the Council;

c. Conduct the elections which are governed by the provisions of the Bylaws of the Council, and rule on matters of dispute relating to election procedures;

d. Recommend to the Council the size of N for the coming year; and,

e. Perform such other duties as may be assigned to it by the Council or by the Council's Bylaws, provided that a member of the Council may appeal an action of the Executive Committee to the Council, which may overrule the Executive Committee by majority vote.

SECTION G. PROCEDURES

Matters which the Council deems to be of extraordinary significance may, by majority vote, be termed "important," thereby requiring a 2/3 vote of those voting in the Faculty Council to ratify.

ARTICLE V.
REVIEW FUNCTIONS OF
THE FACULTY

A. The faculty shall express its judgment on any administrative action brought to its attention which raises an issue of academic freedom, tenure, promotion, salary, the nature and conditions of work, non-reappointment, or dismissal.

B. The Faculty Boards of Review shall consider grievances of faculty members or librarians concerning academic freedom, tenure, promotion, salary adjustment, the nature or conditions of work, or reappointment. Any faculty member or librarian desiring a review of University action in these stated areas shall request, in writing, a review by a Faculty Board of Review.

C. Collective faculty judgment on major issues affecting faculty interests may be expressed via a referendum. A referendum shall be initiated by delivery to the President of the Faculty of a petition by the Chancellor of IUPUI, the Vice-President of the Faculty, the Executive Committee of the Council, the Council itself, or at least fifty voting members of the faculty. The Executive Committee of the Faculty Council shall conduct the mandated referendum within thirty (30) days of the delivery of such petition. The question (or series of questions) comprising the referendum shall be answerable by the word "yes" or "no." A majority vote shall be necessary to sustain or reject the question(s). The President of the Faculty shall inform the faculty of the results of the referendum within a period of no longer than 30 days after the final receipt date of answer specified on the circulated referendum.

ARTICLE VI.
AMENDMENTS

SECTION A. INTRODUCTION OF AMENDMENTS

A Constitutional amendment may be brought to the Council by any member thereof, or by a petition signed by twenty voting members of the faculty.

SECTION B. ADOPTION

1. If an amendment is approved by 2/3 of those present and voting at any regular meeting of the Council, copies of the amendment shall be distributed by the President of the Faculty to the voting faculty within twenty class days of this approval.

2. If 50 or more voting members of the faculty so request by a written petition delivered to the President of the Faculty within 30 class days (excluding Summer Sessions) after circulation of the amendment, the President of the Faculty shall call a special meeting of the entire voting faculty to consider the amendment. The amendment may be returned to the Council (with or without instructions) by a majority vote of those present and voting at this special meeting. If the amendment is not returned to the Council, the President of the Faculty will conduct a mail ballot within ten class days after the meeting.

3. If no meeting is requested, a mail ballot will be conducted within 50 class days of Council approval and within the academic year.

4. An amendment shall become effective at the beginning of the academic year following its adoption, unless otherwise specified.

BYLAWS OF THE
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL

Bylaw ARTICLE I.
OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL:
SELECTION AND DUTIES

SECTION A. SPECIFICATION OF OFFICERS

In accordance with ARTICLE IV, SECTION B, of the Constitution of the IUPUI Faculty, the officers of the Faculty Council shall be the President of the Faculty, the Chancellor of IUPUI, the Vice-President of the Faculty, and the Parliamentarian of the Faculty Council.

SECTION B. SELECTION AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS

1. President. The President of the IUPUI Faculty shall be nominated by the

Nominating Committee and shall be elected by the Council for a two-year term. The President shall:

a. Be the primary representative of, and spokesperson for, the Faculty;

b. Represent the IUPUI Faculty at the University Faculty Council meetings;

c. Serve as informal intermediary between aggrieved faculty members and the Administration;

d. Be an ex officio member of the Executive Committee and serve as its chair; and

e. Be responsible for reviewing, editing, and distributing the minutes of the Executive Committee meetings, including reporting in the minutes those present at and those absent from the Committee meetings.

2. Chancellor. The Chancellor of IUPUI shall be an ex officio member of the Faculty Council and shall represent the University Administration.

3. Vice-President. The Vice-President of the IUPUI Faculty shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee and shall be elected by the Council for a two-year term. The Vice-President shall:

a. Preside at all regular and special meetings of the Faculty Council;

b. Be responsible for reviewing, editing, and distributing the minutes of the Council meetings, including reporting in the minutes those present at and those absent from the Council meetings;

c. Report in the minutes of the Council meetings on the status of all Council actions which require subsequent implementation but have yet to be completed, and shall continue to report the status of implementation of such actions until they are completed or the Council authorizes their discontinuation from the minutes;

d. Circulate Faculty Council documents and the time, place, and agenda of the next meeting to all members of the Faculty and to such other persons as the Executive Committee may

designate, provided that, in the event of a special meeting of the Council, members of the Council shall be notified of the time, place, and agenda of the meeting at least three days in advance of the meeting;

e. Prepare an annual summary of the activities of the Council for the Faculty;

f. Serve as an ex officio member of the Executive Committee;

g. Perform such other duties as may be delegated by the President; and,

h. In the President's absence, serve in the President's stead.

4. Parliamentarian. The Parliamentarian shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Vice-President of the Faculty in consultation with the President of the Faculty and the Chancellor of IUPUI, and he or she shall:

a. Serve as an advisor on parliamentary procedure to the Presiding Officer;

b. Serve as a resource to faculty committees at their request; and

c. Serve as an ex officio member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee.

Bylaw ARTICLE II.
ELECTIONS

SECTION A. ELECTION OF UNIT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL

Unit representatives to the IUPUI Faculty Council shall be elected in accordance with the procedures specified by ARTICLE IV., SECTION A., Subsection 2, paragraph e. of the Constitution of the IUPUI Faculty.

SECTION B. ELECTION OF AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL

Two elections will be required to choose at-large representatives to the IUPUI Faculty Council, one for nominating candidates for the available at-large representatives' positions, and a second to elect the at-large representatives. For the first ballot, the slate of

candidates will consist of all eligible voting faculty of IUPUI. In the subsequent voting, at-large representatives will be elected from a slate resulting from the popular vote in the first election.

1. Nomination to the at-large ballot:

a. Each voting member of the faculty shall be eligible to nominate no more than three persons from a list of the voting faculty prepared by the Faculty Council office under the supervision of the Nominating Committee. This list shall be distributed to the faculty no later than November 15th and the nominating votes shall be returned no later than December 15th to the chair of the Nominating Committee for counting under the supervision of the Committee.

b. The Nominating Committee shall prepare a ballot listing those persons who receive the most nominations. The ballot shall contain twice the number of nominees as the number of persons to be elected, except that in the case of a tie for the last position, all tied nominees shall be listed.

2. Elections:

a. The ballot containing the names of the nominees shall be distributed to the voting faculty by the Faculty Council office no later than the end of January. The ballot shall identify each nominee by name, academic title, school and administrative title, if any. Each member of the voting faculty may vote for as many at-large representatives as there are positions to be filled and this number shall be specified on the ballot. Votes shall be returned to the Faculty Council office no later than February 20th for counting under the supervision of the Executive Committee.

b. A subcommittee consisting of three members of the Executive Committee appointed by the President of the Faculty with the concurrence of the Executive Committee shall open and verify the returned ballots and insure that votes are properly tallied. In case of a tie, the Executive Com

mittee shall vote by secret ballot to break the tie.

c. The President of the Faculty shall notify the Nominating Committee of the election results by the end of March, and will announce the results of the election to the Council no later than at the Council's April meeting.

SECTION C. ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY

1. Eligibility. Members of the voting faculty holding the rank of assistant professor or higher and librarians of comparable rank shall be eligible for nomination as President or Vice-President of the Faculty, provided that any nominee shall have served, or shall be presently serving, as a member of the Faculty Council.

2. Term of office. The President and the Vice-President of the Faculty shall serve a term of two years starting immediately after the last meeting of the academic year. They shall be eligible for re-election, provided that no person shall serve more than two terms consecutively in the same office.

3. Election. The Faculty Council shall elect the President and the Vice-President of the Faculty at its March meeting by a vote of those present and voting.

4. Vacancy. In case of a vacancy in the office of the President or the Vice-President of the Faculty, the Executive Committee shall appoint a President or a Vice-President pro tem until another election can be held.

5. Privileges. The President and the Vice-President shall have all the privileges of membership on the Council, including the right to participate in debate and to vote in the business of the Council.

SECTION D. ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY COUNCIL (UFC)

1. Number of members - UFC. The number of members elected from IUPUI to the University Faculty Council will be determined in accordance with the pro

visions of ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4.1B of the Indiana University Faculty Constitution.

2. Term of office - UFC . All elected members shall serve terms of two years, starting with the first meeting of the academic year, and shall be eligible for re-election, provided that no member shall serve more than two terms consecutively.

3. Apportionment of members -UFC. The President of the IUPUI Faculty shall serve ex-officio. The remaining members shall be elected from the IUPUI faculty at-large, provided that not more than 40% of the total number of members may be from the same academic unit. Half, or the number nearest to half, of the at-large members shall be elected each year.

4. Nomination of at-large members - UFC.

a. Each academic unit may place in nomination two candidates elected by the faculty of that unit. These nominations will be submitted to the Nominating Committee by the third Monday in January.

b. Additional nominations may be made by filing with the Nominating Committee by the third Monday in January a nominating petition signed by at least 25 members of the voting faculty.

c. The Nominating Committee may supplement the list of nominees if necessary to provide a reasonable balance between academic units and to select nominees with current or recent experience as members of the IUPUI Faculty Council. The ballot shall slate at least twice the number of persons as the number to be elected. Any candidate nominated for membership on the University Faculty Council shall be provided the opportunity to file a written statement of not more than fifty (50) words to accompany the ballot.

5. Election - UFC.

a. The Nominating Committee shall distribute the ballot to the voting faculty not later than March 1. The ballot will identify each nominee by name, academic title, school, administra

tive title, if any, and term of service on the IUPUI Faculty Council, if any; and it shall designate the number of candidates to be elected.

b. A subcommittee of no fewer than three members of the Executive Committee appointed by the President of the Faculty with the concurrence of the Executive Committee shall open and verify the returned ballots and assure that votes are properly tallied. In case of a tie, the Executive Committee shall vote by secret ballot to break the tie.

6. Vacancies - UFC.

In case an at-large member of the University Faculty Council cannot complete his or her term of office, the Executive Committee shall decide if, and by what method, the vacancy is to be filled, provided that if an election is held to fill the vacancy, the nominees shall be drawn from the slate of nominees prepared for the last election of at-large members.

SECTION E. ELECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Election of members to the Executive Committee will be made in accordance with the provisions of ARTICLE IV. Section F of the Constitution of the IUPUI Faculty Council from a slate of nominees prepared by the Nominating Committee.

Bylaw ARTICLE III.
COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY

SECTION A. COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES

1. Composition. The Committee on Committees shall be composed of the members of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council.

2. Responsibilities. The Committee on Committees shall:

a. Determine the size, appoint the members, and designate the chairs of each standing committee of the faculty, except as provided otherwise by the Constitution or the Bylaws. At least

one member of each standing committee shall be a member of the Faculty Council, and no committee shall have a majority of its members appointed from the same academic unit;

b. Specify the term of service of each person appointed to a standing committee, provided that no appointment shall be for a term exceeding two years, and that no person shall be eligible to serve more than three terms consecutively on the same committee;

c. Make recommendations to the Council concerning the establishment of new committees, abolition of existing committees, or modification of the charge to any committee; and,

d. Solicit and receive from the faculty, nominations for committee appointments, provided that the nominees shall have indicated their willingness to serve if appointed.

SECTION B. STANDING COMMITTEES

The standing committees of the faculty shall be:

1. Academic Affairs. This committee shall make recommendations to the Council on matters relating to general, not school specific, educational curricular matters, establishing and revising academic calendars, degree formats, graduation requirements, the academic structure of IUPUI, and other related matters.

2. Athletic Affairs. This committee shall advise the Chancellor concerning institutional control of the intercollegiate athletic program at IUPUI as outlined by the applicable national, regional, and state associations.

In addition, the committee shall monitor and advise the Council on the status and future needs of campus recreation and wellness opportunities available to the IUPUI community. The Athletic Affairs Committee shall include representatives of the faculty appointed by the Executive Committee and representatives of the administration appointed by the Chancellor in consultation with the Executive Committee.

3. Budgetary Affairs. This committee shall review the general academic priorities of IUPUI and the reflection of such needs in the creation of budgets, inform the Council of budgeting procedures and points of potential faculty input, and alert the Council to matters of budgetary importance external to IUPUI.

4. Campus Planning.

a. Composition

This committee shall include at least one representative from the IUPUI Executive Committee and from the other IUPUI Faculty Council standing committees, plus other members appointed by the Executive Committee. The IUPUI Vice Chancellor for Planning and Institutional Improvement shall be an ex-officio member.

b. Duties

This committee shall be responsible for continual communication with the Administration, particularly the Vice Chancellor for Planning and Institutional Improvement. In this regard, the committee will not itself be the faculty planning body but will work to facilitate involvement of the Faculty Council, Executive Committee, and other standing committees appropriately and in a timely manner in institutional planning at IUPUI.

5. Constitution and Bylaws. This committee shall periodically review the Constitution and Bylaws, draft revisions when necessary and provide, in conjunction with the Parliamentarian, interpretations of those documents when questions arise.

6. Faculty Affairs. This committee shall advise the Council on matters involving the faculty, including but not limited to, issues of academic freedom, appointments, and tenure and promotion policies and procedures.

7. IUPUI Faculty Handbook.

a. Composition

This committee shall include faculty members appointed by the Executive Committee and administrative members appointed by the IUPUI

Chancellor as appropriate for review and production of the Handbook.

b. Duties

This committee shall be responsible for developing the IUPUI Faculty Handbook as a supplement to the Indiana University Academic Handbook. This committee then shall review both handbooks annually and make recommendations concerning revisions to the Faculty Council.

8. Fringe Benefits. This committee shall be responsible for reviewing needs unique to the IUPUI campus and recommending to the Council policies to deal with such needs and shall participate in policy development and on-going reviews of fringe benefits matters affecting the total Indiana University system.

9. Library Affairs. This committee shall review and advise the Council on policies and resources of the IUPUI libraries and shall consider system-wide decisions that might affect the quality of IUPUI libraries. This committee may serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas, for the discussion of existing or proposed policies, and for the critique of planning and budgetary proposals.

10. Metropolitan Affairs. This committee shall monitor IUPUI's community service activities, identifying needs and stimulating interest in additional interaction.

11. Staff Relations. This committee shall be responsible for setting up the two Constitutionally-mandated annual joint meetings in conjunction with the Staff Council's Faculty Relations Committee. It shall serve in conjunction with the Staff Council's Faculty Relations Committee as a clearinghouse for information of common interest. The Committee shall, when necessary, meet independently to formulate faculty positions on faculty-staff matters.

12. Student Affairs. This committee shall review and make recommendations to the Council regarding matters involving student affairs. The committee shall provide advice and guidance to the Dean

for Student Affairs in the areas of student administrative, academic, and campus life services. The committee shall maintain liaison with IUPUI student governing bodies. The committee membership shall include two full-time students, one enrolled as an undergraduate and one enrolled in either the Graduate School or one of the graduate professional programs. Appointments of student members will be made from nominations submitted to the Committee on Committees by the IUPUI Student Assembly. Student members shall have the same responsibilities and privileges as the other members of the Committee.

13. Nominating.

a. Composition

This committee shall consist of seven members of the Faculty Council. Except for the first election after adoption of this provision, in odd-numbered years, three members will be elected and in even-numbered years, four members will be elected, and the term of office will be two years. No more than two members of the Committee shall be elected from the same academic unit.

b. Election

Election of the members of the Nominating Committee shall be by vote of the Faculty Council at its May meeting, and those persons elected will commence their terms of committee service on July 1, following their election. The nominee receiving the highest number of votes in any year will chair the committee during the second year of his or her term, except for the first year election after adoption of this provision, when the three elected members with the fewest number of votes will serve terms of one year. The members will choose their chair during the transition period.

In case of a tie, a second ballot containing only the names of the tied nominees shall be prepared, and the Council will vote to break the tie.

c. Duties

The Nominating Committee shall:

(1) Nominate members of the faculty and/or librarians for election to the positions of President and Vice-President of the Faculty, the Indiana University Faculty Council, the Faculty Boards of Review, and the IUPUI Promotion and Tenure Committee;

(2) Nominate members of the Faculty Council for election to the Executive Committee and to the Nominating Committee;

(3) Solicit and receive from members of the faculty nominations for at-large representatives to the IUPUI Faculty Council and for members of the University Faculty Council;

(4) Solicit and accept from members of the Faculty Council nominations in writing for all elective offices other than at-large representatives to the IUPUI Faculty Council and members of the University Faculty Council;

(5) Verify in every case that any nomination is made with the prior consent of the person(s) nominated; and

(6) Distribute to the Faculty Council a completed list of nominees at least seven days prior to the date on which the Council will hold an election.

SECTION C. PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE

1. Composition. The IUPUI Promotion and Tenure Committee shall consist of the following members:

one representative from each school with five or more full-time members who are based at IUPUI except for the School of Medicine which shall have three representatives; one each representing allied health, basic sciences, and clinical programs

one librarian representative who shall be elected by IUPUI Library Faculty

three members at-large elected by the IUPUI Faculty Council

the Dean of the Faculties who shall serve as a member ex-officio without vote

All members of the committee shall be tenured and to the extent practicable should hold appointment at the rank of professor or librarian. The chair of the Committee shall be elected from and by the members of the Committee.

2. Election. School representatives shall be elected by the respective promotion and tenure committee of each school from among the school's eligible members in accord with procedures established by each school. The librarian representative shall be elected by the IUPUI Library Faculty in accord with procedures which that group shall establish. Elections shall be held in time for the representatives to be named prior to November 1. The head of the faculty governance of each school and of the IUPUI Library Faculty shall notify the Dean of the Faculties of the name of the representative by November 1 of each academic year.

3. Term of office. Terms of office shall start December 1. Terms for school or librarian representatives may be up to three years and shall be determined by school or IUPUI Library Faculty procedures. The term for at-large representatives shall be three years. No elected member of the committee may serve more than six consecutive years. The chair will be elected annually.

4. Responsibilities.

The IUPUI Promotion and Tenure Committee shall:

a. Monitor the promotion and tenure policies of the University and recommend, as may be desirable from time to time, such modifications as the Faculty Council may seek thereof;

b. Recommend on the promotion and tenure of those candidates who are presented for consideration by the schools or libraries. Voting shall be

by secret ballot, and the results recorded for each candidate;

c. Review, as needed or requested, methods to establish primary and unit promotion and tenure committees, and, which such methods are deemed to be deficient, recommend changes to the schools or libraries;

d. Review, as needed or requested, primary and unit level procedures for promotion and tenure and, when such procedures are deemed deficient, recommend changes to the schools or libraries;

e. Review, as needed or requested, documents which specify standards that are used at the primary, unit, and campus levels to evaluate whether candidates meet the criteria for tenure and promotion and, when such documents are deemed deficient, recommend changes to the schools, libraries, or campus;

f. Establish such internal committee procedures as may be necessary to assist the committee and the Dean of the Faculties in providing for reviews of candidates for promotion and tenure; and

g. Receive requests from any faculty member or librarian and, if appropriate, investigate and evaluate the promotion and tenure process of any department or unit, and make a written report to the faculty member or librarian making the request and to the department chairperson or the chief administrative officer of the unit.

The Dean of the Faculties shall provide the administrative support necessary for the operation of the committee.

SECTION D. REPORTS

Chairpersons shall supply the President of the Faculty the minutes of committee meetings on a continuing basis, and each committee shall make an annual report to the Council toward the close of the academic year.

Bylaw ARTICLE IV.

FACULTY GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES

SECTION A. PURPOSE

1. To further the aims of IUPUI in teaching/performance, research/scholarly activity/creative work/professional development and professional/public service, the faculty has established grievance procedures. These grievance procedures serve the full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty and librarians; full-time clinical and scientist/scholar rank faculty, and full-time lecturers of the IUPUI campus by providing peer evaluation with respect to administrative actions of dismissal, academic freedom, non-reappointment, tenure, promotion, salary adjustment and the nature or conditions of work. Equity for the individual and the good of the University shall always be considered.

2. The IUPUI Faculty Mediation Committee, described below, is designed to hear grievances informally and to attempt to resolve them through mediation and consultation.

a. The Mediation Committee, working in panels of two (2) members for each case, shall strive to be impartial, shall attempt to resolve each grievance by using informal, flexible mediation procedures, and shall encourage discussions between the parties to the grievance.

b. A faculty member or librarian may request that a grievance be considered by a Faculty Board of Review without first presenting it to the Mediation Committee.

c. A faculty member or librarian may consult informally with a member of the Mediation Committee before filing a formal grievance.

3. A Faculty Board of Review is to gather, via a Formal Hearing, appropriate information, to consider its findings in light of existing policies and principles of fairness, and to file a written report of its findings and recommendations in a timely and expeditious manner.

c. the complaint falls within the purview of a Faculty Grievance Procedures.

4. If the conditions of Sec. B.3. have been met, the Executive Committee of the IUPUI Faculty Council shall recommend mediation, or constitute a Board of Review to consider the grievance.

5. Cases alleging dismissal for misconduct, incompetence or financial exigencies shall be considered by a Faculty Board of Review and not by the Faculty Mediation Committee.

6. The Grievant may withdraw a complaint at any time.

SECTION C. COMPOSITION AND ELECTION OF FACULTY MEDIATION COMMITTEE

1. The Faculty Mediation Committee shall consist of seven members of the IUPUI tenured faculty and librarians nominated by the Executive Committee and elected by the IUPUI Faculty Council at their January meeting. Members of the IUPUI Senior Academy who have served as tenured faculty or librarians are also eligible for election. The President of the IUPUI Faculty serves as a member ex officio.

2. In offering nominations for election to the Committee, the Executive Committee should give consideration to representation across the academic units of IUPUI.

a. At least four members of the Committee shall be tenured full professors.

b. At least five members should have served on the IUPUI or a Unit Promotion and Tenure Committee, on a Faculty Board of Review, or as President of the IUPUI Faculty.

3. Committee members shall hold office beginning February 1 for staggered terms of two years. Members should complete the investigation and mediation of any case that they have begun to consider, even if their terms have expired.

4. The members of the Committee shall select their own chairperson, who should be a tenured full Professor or Librarian.

4. The Board shall determine:

a. whether appropriate procedures were followed,

b. whether the grievance arose from inadequate consideration of the qualifications of the faculty member or librarian,

c. whether presentation of erroneous information substantially affected the decision, and

d. whether essential fairness was accommodated throughout the decision-making process.

5. In those cases in which the Board of Review concludes that the rights of a faculty member or librarian have not been adequately protected, the Board is expected to formulate a recommendation for remediation.

SECTION B. SUBMISSION OF GRIEVANCE

1. A faculty member or librarian desiring a review of administrative action shall submit to the President of the Faculty a specific written request for review stating:

a. the nature of the grievance,

b. the steps taken to have the grievance redressed prior to contacting the President, and

c. the redress of the grievance sought.

2. The Dean of the Faculties of IUPUI shall immediately be informed of the request. If discrimination or sexual harassment is alleged in the complaint, a copy of the complaint shall also be sent to the IUPUI Affirmative Action Office.

3. If the Dean of Faculties is unable to resolve the problem to the satisfaction of the faculty member or librarian within 10 working days, the President of the Faculty shall submit the grievance to the Faculty Council Executive Committee to determine that:

a. administrative reviews have been completed,

b. the complaint was brought within one year, except for good cause, and

5. The elected members without previous experience as mediators should attend at least one full-day of training in mediation, sponsored by the Dean of Faculties, at the beginning of their term.

6. No faculty member serving on the Mediation Committee may serve concurrently on a Faculty Board of Review.

SECTION D. PROCEDURES OF THE FACULTY MEDIATION COMMITTEE

1. The full Committee should meet at least monthly to assign new cases to Panels of two of its members, review progress of current cases, and hear reports of Panels.

2. A member of the Committee or Panel may not be assigned to mediate a grievance from his/her department (or a school which is not departmentalized).

3. A member of the Committee who believes that he/she may not be impartial in a particular case shall disqualify himself/herself from that case.

4. The meetings of the Committee and the procedures of the Panels should be informal.

5. University, School and Departmental administrative officers and the Grievant shall cooperate with the Panel in its request for relevant information.

6. All mediation undertaken by the Panel should be completed and its final report submitted within two months of the time that the complaint was assigned to a Panel by the Mediation Committee. If a Formal Hearing by a Board of Review is desired, the Grievant should initiate the request within the next month.

7. Reports:

a. When mediation is successful, the Panel shall provide a written Report of the terms of the agreement to the parties to the grievance and to the Committee. A copy of the Report of the Panel shall be deposited with the IUPUI Faculty Records Office as a confidential Faculty Board of Review record.

b. If mediation is not successful, the Panel shall provide a written Report

to the parties to the grievance and to the Committee stating that the mediation is ended without a resolution and listing items made available to it or withheld during its proceedings.

c. If the grievance is withdrawn, this fact and a copy of the grievance shall be deposited with the IUPUI Faculty Records Office as a confidential Faculty Board of Review record.

d. On request from the Grievant, the Panel may informally advise the Grievant as to whether the grievance should be taken to a Faculty Board of Review. This opinion shall not constitute evidence before the Board nor shall it be shared with the Administration. A negative opinion shall not limit the grievant's access to a Faculty Board of Review.

e. If the case is subsequently considered by a Faculty Board of Review, neither reports or opinions of the Panel or Committee (except that of Sec. 7.b. above) may be submitted to or be considered by the Board, nor may a member of the Committee testify before a Board.

8. A faculty member requesting an investigation by the Committee may also utilize assistance offered by faculty or other organizations, except that an attorney representing the Grievant or the Administration may not participate in the mediation process. The Committee and Panel members may consult with attorneys regarding question of policy and procedure.

SECTION E. COMPOSITION AND ELECTION OF FACULTY BOARDS OF REVIEW

1. Each Faculty Board of Review shall consist of five members appointed by the Executive Committee of the IUPUI Faculty Council from a group of twenty (20) faculty members and librarians elected by the Faculty Council.

a. Members should be appointed to a Board of Review as needed on a rotating basis.

b. No more than two members of a Board may be from the same academic unit.

c. No more than three members should hold the same academic rank.

d. At least four of the members shall be tenured.

e. No administrators, such as chancellors, deans, or department or division heads or chairs, may serve on a Board of Review.

2. At its January meeting, the Faculty Council shall elect members to serve on the Boards of Review from a slate of eligible faculty members and librarians presented by the IUPUI Nominating Committee. The number of nominees should be at least half again as many as the number of positions to be elected. If there is a tie vote that effects the election of a member, an additional vote of the Council involving only the tied nominees shall be taken.

3. Faculty members and librarians elected to be members of Boards of Review shall hold office beginning February 1 for staggered terms of two years. An orientation session for all new members should be provided. Members should complete the review of any case that they have begun to consider, even if their terms have expired. (If a member leaves during a case, that member shall not be replaced. The Board shall continue with four members and may continue with only three members with the consent of the parties concerned.)

4. Faculty members or librarians elected to be members of Boards of Review shall be eligible for re-election, except that no person may serve more than two terms consecutively.

5. The President shall designate one of the tenured members of each appointed Board to call the initial meeting of the Board of Review. The presiding officer of each Board shall be elected by the Board's members from among its members.

6. In the event legal actions are brought against faculty members or librarians in connection with or as a result of their membership on a board of Review, the

Trustee's Liability Insurance Policy, resolution of May 22, 1971, shall apply.

SECTION F. PROCEDURES OF FORMAL BOARD OF REVIEW HEARING.

1. If the Executive Committee determines that a case should be heard by a Faculty Board of Review, it shall assign the case to a particular Board of Review chosen from the pool of elected members of the Boards of Review.

2. Disqualification

a. A potential member of a Board of Review who is a member of a department (or a school which is not departmentalized) from which a case arises is disqualified to consider the case.

b. A member of a Board who believes that he/she may not be impartial shall disqualify himself/herself, and a replacement shall be appointed by the Executive Committee.

3. The Board may consult at any time with members of the Law School faculty concerning clarification of legal matters.

4. Definitions Regarding Dismissal and Non-Reappointment

a. Dismissal shall mean the involuntary termination of a tenured faculty member's or librarian's appointment prior to retirement or resignation, or the termination of the appointment of a non-tenured faculty member or a librarian prior to the expiration of his/her term of appointment. Dismissal shall be deemed legitimate only by reasons of:

i. incompetence

ii. serious personal professional misconduct, or

iii. extraordinary financial exigencies of the University.

b. Non-reappointment shall mean the involuntary termination of a non-tenured faculty member or librarian at the time of the expiration of his or her term of appointment.

view, this tape, along with the written documentation and correspondence, other than letters of recommendation obtained under a pledge of confidentiality, shall be deposited in the Office of the Dean of the Faculties. Four years after the completion of the case, the material shall be destroyed.

g. Board Recommendation

Upon completion of the Formal Hearing and submission of written materials, the Board of Review shall meet in executive session to assess:

i. whether a reasonable case has been made by the Administration to support the decision complained of by the aggrieved faculty member or librarian;

ii. whether essential fairness was accommodated in observing the formalities and in following the procedures; and

iii. whether the challenged actions are inconsistent with the policies of Indiana University or the policies of the school or division involved.

The Board shall render a decision within two weeks.

h. The Board must make a Final Report that includes:

i) the nature of the grievance and redress sought;

ii) a summary of the findings of the Board;

iii) conclusions of the board based upon the findings;

iv) recommendations of the Board based upon the conclusions; and

v) signatures of the Board members.

i. Copies of the Final Report must be communicated to:

i) the Chancellor of IUPUI;

ii) the Grievant;

iii) the appropriate School administrative officer; and

5. Steps for Formal Hearings

a. Upon notice that a Board of Review has been convened, and when the grievance has been reasonably specified, the chancellor of IUPUI shall furnish a written statement of the reasons for the action which led to the grievance.

b. The Grievant may provide for the board of Review a written response to this statement of reasons.

c. In setting the date for a Formal Hearing, sufficient time must be allowed for the Grievant and other parties involved to prepare their case.

d. At formal hearings before the Board of Review, the faculty member or librarian and the relevant parties shall have the right to counsel or a representative of their choice, shall be permitted to present witnesses and other evidence to the case, and to hear and question all witnesses who are called to appear before the Board. The faculty member or librarian making the complaint is responsible for stating the grounds upon which he or she bases the complaint. The board of review may request and secure further information from the Grievant and/or the university Administration when it feels this is necessary to render a proper decision. The Dean of the Faculties (or chancellor) shall make available to the board of Review all materials relevant to the decision against which the faculty member or librarian had complained.

e. The hearing may also include observers, but observers will not be permitted to attend the hearing of the Board of Review if either the Grievant or the University Administration objects.

f. An electronic record of the hearing shall be prepared at the University's expense and be made available on request to either party in the dispute and to the University officials who are to examine the case subsequently. Upon completion of the Board's re

iv) the President of the Faculty.

j. Administrative Response. The Chancellor of IUPUI shall report the Administration's final decision within 30 days after receiving the report of the Board of Review. If the recommendation of the Board of Review is not followed by the University Administration, the report shall state in detail the reasons(s) that the University Administration disagrees with the Board of Review's recommendation. Copies of this report shall be sent to the parties directly involved in the case, to the President of the faculty, and to all members of the board of Review.

6. Further appeal by the Grievant may be made to the President of the University and the Board of Trustees.

7. A copy of each final Faculty Board of Review Report and the Chancellor's response shall be kept in confidence in the Office of Faculty Records.

8. The Chair of each Faculty Board of Review and the Chair of the Mediation Committee shall report to the President of the Faculty no later than April 1:

a) The number of cases brought before it in each of the following categories: dismissal, academic freedom, non-reappointment, tenure, promotion, salary adjustment, and the nature or conditions of work; and

b) in each category for each Board of Review:

i) the number of cases in which the findings and recommendations of the Board supported the position of the grievant.

ii) the number of cases in which the findings and recommendations did not fully support the grievant.

iii) the number of cases and the extent to which the recommendations of the Board were sustained by appropriate Administrative action.

c) in each category for the Faculty Mediation Committee:

i) the number of cases successfully mediated,

ii) the number of cases withdrawn by Grievants, and

iii) the number of cases submitted to Faculty Boards of Review.

9. The President shall report a summary of the information received to the Council at the May meeting.

SECTION G. CONFIDENTIALITY

1. The activities of the Boards, and Mediation Committee, shall be carried out in confidence.

2. Confidential material shall be treated in accord with the Indiana University Academic Handbook: "Policy governing access to and maintenance of academic employee records."

3. Public statements concerning the details of any case are to be avoided by the principals involved, including Board members, Faculty Mediation Committee members, the Grievant, witnesses, observers and administrative officials, prior to and during the hearing and to the extent practicable at all times thereafter.

Bylaw ARTICLE V.
PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

Robert's Rules of Order (Newly Revised, 1978) shall govern the conduct of the meetings of the faculty legislative bodies except insofar as the Constitution or the Bylaws may otherwise provide.

Bylaw ARTICLE VI.
AMENDMENTS

SECTION A. INTRODUCTION OF AMENDMENTS

A resolution to amend the Bylaws may be introduced at any regular meeting of the Faculty Council by any member thereof, by the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, or by written petition of at least 20 members of the voting faculty submitted to the President of the Faculty. Any resolution to amend the Bylaws not arising from the Constitution and Bylaws Committee shall be referred to that committee for review. The Consti

tution and Bylaws Committee shall report to the Council at its regular meeting.

SECTION B. ADOPTION

Adoption of an amendment to the Bylaws shall require a favorable vote of 2/3 of those present at a regular meeting of the Faculty Council, if prior notice of the intention to conduct a vote is given to members of the faculty and to members of the Council. If no prior notice is given, adoption will require a favorable vote of 2/3 of the total membership of the Faculty Council.

IUPUI Administrative Organization

This section includes a brief description of the administrative committees and a statement about Responsibility Center Management. A full-size organizational chart for campus administration is included as an insert in this handbook.

Administrative Committees

In addition to the standing committees of the IUPUI Faculty Council, a large number of administrative committees are involved in shaping IUPUI and directing its activities. Faculty member participation in this committee work is critical to faculty ownership of the institution. Faculty members wishing to serve on a campus administrative committee should contact their school dean and the Executive Committee of the IUPUI Faculty Council. Brief descriptions of the IUPUI administrative committees for 1993 appear below.

Academic Policies And Procedures Committee (APPC)

This committee functions as an implementing group of academic program officers, primarily undergraduate, concerned with the application of academic policies and procedures including admissions. It maintains a close connection to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Faculty Council through the chairperson of that committee. It refers to the Academic Affairs Committee its recommendations on those matters which require action by the Faculty Council.

Calendar Subcommitteeof Academic Policies And Procedures Committee

The purpose of this subcommittee is to develop and coordinate academic calendars for review by the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee and the Academic Affairs Committee of the Faculty Council.

Affirmative Action Counci

The Affirmative Action Council represents faculty and staff of academic and administrative units at IUPUI. Each member of the Council serves as an Associate of the Affirmative Action Office in providing assistance to the unit in the recruitment of protected minorities and in helping to increase the sensitivity to and understanding of unit members to the importance of Affirmative Action. The Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Affirmative Action Office and the Chancellor on affirmative action issues.

Minority Enhancement Subcommittee of Affirmative Action Council

The Minority Enhancement Subcommittee was established under the auspices of the Affirmative Action Council. This committee has responsibility for advising the University administration and faculty on matters of minority enhancement and responding to University initiatives in affirmative action and minority enhancement.

Animal Care and Coordinating Committee

This committee is responsible for assisting the Institutional Aminal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) with the implementation of federal regulations and University policies as they pertain to the care and use of animals maintained for teaching and research purposes.

Athletics Advisory Committee

This committee is responsible for exercising institutional control of the intercollegiate athletic program at IUPUI as outlined by the applicable national, regional, and state athletic associations. It serves concurrently as a standing committee of the Faculty Council.

Bookmarks Selection Committee

Appointed by the Dean of the Faculties, the committee identifies the BookMarks selections each spring for reading and discussing in the following academic year. Drawing on advice and suggestions from faculty, staff, stu

misconduct in research activities and, where warranted, conducting a full investigation.

External Affairs Coordinating Council

The External Affairs Coordinating Council brings together persons from diverse components of the campus who have direct contact with the public, including potential students; clients for various services; alumni; donors and potential donors; civic, government, and community leaders; and the general public. The Council is charged with recommending to the campus policies to help present a coordinated pattern of interaction and public relations from the diverse schools and programs of the campus to its external constituencies. The Council also undertakes such projects as the 25th Anniversary Celebration and studies of campus identity.

Faculty Development Board of Advisors

The Board assists in the planning, goal setting, and evaluation of all faculty development programs at IUPUI including the functions of the Center for Teaching and Learning. It meets twice a semester.

Faculty Development Grant Review Committee

This standing committee reviews all funding applications which come with frequent deadlines such as Grant-In-Aid-For-Teaching, Grants-In-Aid-For-Research, the Undergraduate Research Mentorships, and the Instructional Equipment Grants.

Fee Appeals Committee

This committee deals with appeals on fee waivers, reduction, or refund policy with respect to involuntary withdrawals.

Fee Review Committee

This committee is responsible for reviewing requests to create new fees, to change current fee rates, to change the fee assessment structure, and to make recommendations to the IUPUI Chancellor to approve or disapprove requested fee changes. The committee also reviews proposed fee policies.

General Studies Degree Advisory Committee

The advisory committee provides faculty advice and oversight for the General Studies Program at IUPUI.

dents and community members, the committee picks well-written books of significance and broad appeal to a general audience, keeping in mind the diversity of interests of a university.

Commencement and Special Ceremonies

Planning and coordination of the annual IUPUI Commencement ceremonies, in cooperation with the IU Alumni Office, are the major activities of this group. The committee may be asked to assist in other special ceremonies, such as dedications and special observances. The deliberations of this committee will be under the direction of the Vice Chancellor for External Affairs.

Continuing Professional Education Advisory Committee

This committee serves as a forum to exchange information, coordinate related activities, collaborate on projects when useful, and recommend campus-wide policies or initiatives.

Environmental Safety Committee

The committee is concerned with chemical use, storage, and disposal; handling of hazardous and infectious waste; compliance with federal, state, and local statutes and ordinances concerning environmental and employee health and safety issues; reviews of laboratory safety programs, and of requirements of monitoring agencies such as Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Health and Safety Agency, Department of Environmental Management, State Fire Marshall, and State Board of Health; recommended policies and procedures dealing with environmental and employee health and safety issues; and recommended revisions to existing procedures to insure compliance.

Laboratory Safety Subcommitteeof Environmental Safety Committee

The Laboratory Safety Committee is a subcommittee of the Environmental Safety Committee. Its main purpose is to develop and recommend policies and procedures dealing with laboratory safety. The committee has devised mechanisms to monitor and advise departments as to compliance with policies and regulations.

Ethics in Research, Committee on

The purpose of this committee is to be responsible for making initial inquiries concerning alleged or apparent instances of

Graduate Affairs Committee

This committee provides a campus forum to support and enhance graduate education at IUPUI in cooperation with the Indiana University and Purdue University Graduate Schools. It provides a central coordinating body and makes recommendations regarding fellowships, fee remission, and curricula.

Honors Council

The purpose of this council is to determine Honors Program policies, advises the Director of the Honors Program, and makes recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education concerning the development of honors opportunities at IUPUI.

Institutional Biosafety Committee

This committee is responsible for implementing the federal guidelines for review and approval of all research activities involving recombinant DNA. Research studies using recombinant DNA must be approved by this committee.

Institutional Data Coordinating Committee

This committee oversees the maintenance of an institutional data base on students, faculty, and staff, as well as data pertaining to other activities and programs of IUPUI. In addition, this committee coordinates the collection of data to reduce duplication of effort and to provide data in an efficient, accountable manner.

Institutional Review Board

This Board is responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of human subjects involved in research. Biomedical research studies using human subjects must be approved by this Board.

Instructional Space, Committee On

The purpose of this committee is to provide guidance to the campus administration on the quality and use of campus classrooms and other teaching space including scheduling priority and repair and renovation. The committee will coordinate its work with the Instruction and Facilities Satellite Committee of the ITAC.

Integrated Technologies Advisory Committee

The Integrated Technologies Advisory Committee provides a forum for discussing the broad range of issues related to the campus

technology environment. The committee recommends policy, projects technology requirements, and provides advice on operational matters related to voice, data, and video resources and services. The committee's membership includes a representative from each school and appropriate administrative units. The committee discusses and reviews material presented by and requested of the standing subcommittees as well as appointed ad hoc committees.

International Affairs Program Committee

This committee is responsible for recommendations for the development of international programs and the providing of services to international students.

Military Science Advisory Committee

This committee is responsible for overseeing and reviewing all ROTC matters. It has specific responsibility for the academic quality of courses and the instructional quality of staff. It recommends to the Dean of the Faculties on appointments of faculty to teach in the program.

Parking Advisory Committee

The purpose of the IUPUI Parking Advisory Committee is to make recommendations on parking policies, regulations, procedures, and physical facilities to provide for efficient, safe, and relatively convenient parking for University faculty, staff, students, patients, and visitors.

Parking Appeals Committee, Faculty-Staff-Student

The purpose of this committee is to provide an opportunity for all persons cited for violations of the University Motor Vehicle Regulations to be heard, either in person or in writing, appealing their citations and seeking redress through due process. The committee is empowered, in accord with specified procedures, to either sustain or deny the appeal.

People With Disabilities, Committee for

The charge of this committee is to provide overall, campus-wide guidance and to develop recommendations to campus administration to achieve the goal of making IUPUI a place of choice for people with disabilities to work, go to school, receive health care and visit. The work of the committee is conducted

through five subcommittees, which in turn report to an overall steering committee.

Program Review and Assessment Committee

To develop policy and implementation strategies for the conduct of comprehensive academic program review and outcomes assessment at IUPUI.

Public Safety Committee

This committee is concerned with the personal safety and security of all members of the University community, its visitors, and passersby. Areas of interest include physical security measures such as lighting, building access, closed circuit television systems, alarm systems and access control systems; law enforcement and crime prevention; fire protection, including detection, suppression, training, prevention, and planning; emergency preparedness and disaster planning; emergency medical service; traffic and traffic hazards; and public liability and risk management issues. The committee reviews current programs and recommends procedural changes as necessary, including new policies and procedures.

Radiation Committees

Radiation Safety Council

The Radiation Safety Council has overall responsibility for radiation safety for IUPUI and associated facilities. The council coordinates the activities of the Radiation Safety Committees and makes policy decisions on those activities which involve all of the facilities affected by these regulations.

Machine-Produced Radiation Safety Committee

The Machine-Produced Radiation Safety Committee (MPRSC) is the administrative body responsible for the safe handling of machine-produced radiation within IUPUI and associate facilities.

Radionuclide Radiation Safety Committee

The Radionuclide Radiation Safety Committee (RRSC) is the administrative body responsible for the safe handling of radioactive sources used at Indianapolis and associated facilities. The establishment of such a committee is required of all board license holders by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in order to

assure that appropriate Federal regulations concerning radioactive sources are implemented.

Radioactive Drug Research Committee

The Radioactive Drug Research Committee is responsible for institutional review of research protocols involving the use of radioactive drugs.

Research Advisory Committee

This committee plans and manages the Research Investment Fund. It reviews requests for and makes specific investments in University research programs which will attract external support for research.

Sabbatical Leaves Committee

This committee reviews applications for sabbatical leaves of absence and makes recommendations to the IUPUI Chancellor through the Dean of the Faculties.

Student Financial Aid Committee

The purpose of the Student Financial Aid Committee is to advise the All-University Financial Aid Committee on system-wide policies. It serves to develop funds and awarding policies to support the academic purposes of IUPUI; to review operating procedures and provide oversight for exceptions to such procedures; and to enhance communication regarding financial aid among schools, divisions, and students.

Educational Opportunity Fund Subcommittee of Student Financial Aid Committee

This subcommittee selects first-year minority graduate students who are eligible for academic or financial assistance from the Educational Opportunity Fund.

University Place Conference Center Advisory Committee

This Advisory Committee is an ongoing administrative committee charged with providing advice on policies and procedures that will ensure integration of the Conference Center with the mission of the University.

Council of Deans

This Council is advisory to the IUPUI chancellor and acts with appropriate regard for the prerogatives of the various faculties, the

Faculty Council, the University administration and the Board of Trustees of Indiana University. The Council of Deans concerns itself primarily with matters of academic administration.

Council on Undergraduate Learning

The Council on Undergraduate Learning (CUL) is a forum in which schools, faculty governance bodies, and administration come together to discuss issues and reach consensus on campus wide matters of undergraduate education. Examples of these matters include discussion of an undergraduate general education program agreed to by all schools, the undergraduate component of the IUPUI mission statement, interschool curricular planning, resolution of undergraduate curricular conflicts, and assessment of undergraduate education. The goal of the CUL is campus wide discussion and consensus on issues. The work of CUL does not infringe on the authority and powers of the schools, faculty governance, or administration.

Each school with an undergraduate mission is represented by the dean of the school or the dean's designee and one faculty member selected by the faculty of the school. Ex-officio faculty representatives include the chairs of Academic Affairs, Budgetary Affairs, Campus Planning, and Student Affairs Committees, and the President and the Vice President of the IUPUI Faculty. Ex-officio members of the administration are the Dean of the Faculties, the Vice Chancellors for Planning and Institutional Improvement, Undergraduate Education, and External Affairs, Chair of the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee, and the Associate Dean for General Education. The Undergraduate Education Center, IUPU Columbus, and the University Libraries are represented by the directors or designee. The deans of the School of Law and the School of Medicine (not including Allied Health) are invited to send a representative. Co-chairs of the CUL are the President of the IUPUI Faculty or designee, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education, and Vice Chancellor for Planning and Institutional Improvement.

IUPUI Faculty Council Action 1/12/95

Review Procedures for IUPUI Administrators

December 6, 1990

I.Introduction

Under the leadership of the Chancellor, senior campus administrative officers and school deans, in conjunction with the faculty, are responsible for advancing the objectives and mission of the IUPUI campus. The Chancellor has specific responsibility for ensuring that the incumbents of these offices perform effectively. Consequently, the Chancellor will arrange for the periodic evaluation of administrative officers holding positions that bear directly on the campus-wide teaching and research mission of IUPUI and of deans with multiple campus responsibilities who report to the Chancellor in the latter's capacity as Vice President of Indiana University. Their performance, and the performance of their offices, will be evaluated regularly by a review process. The review applies to those officers reporting directly to the Chancellor of the IUPUI campus, specifically including the deans of schools and the directors of support units organized as responsibility centers; school associate deans who are the directors of IUPUI responsibility centers are to be reviewed by their respective deans through procedures developed in consultation with the Chancellor, generally following these guidelines. In addition, the Executive Committee of the IUPUI Faculty Council may also recommend to the Chancellor that other campus administrative officers be reviewed.

The purpose of these reviews is to assist the Chancellor and other senior administrative officers in meeting the responsibilities of their respective offices and in advancing the mission of the campus (or campuses) by identifying opportunities for greater effectiveness in a collegial fashion. The processes of the academic community must be characterized by reasoned discourse, intellectual honesty, mutual respect, and openness to constructive change. An important aspect of administrative leadership is the candid exchange of views between administrators and their constituents. Although such discussion should occur continuously, periodic reviews offer a special opportunity to evaluate accomplishments and to renew commitments. The review process has thus been established to promote the greater

effectiveness of administrative officers by ensuring that they understand and reflect the highest goals and aspirations of the academic community. Reviews are conducted in the expectation that incumbents will become more effective in their roles as a result of constructive evaluation.

The review will be conducted at an initial time to be selected by the Chancellor but not later than early in the fifth year in office and in recurring intervals of at least every five years

thereafter. Every possible effort should be made to synchronize administrative reviews with program reviews and periodic reviews by accrediting agencies. School deans and most senior campus administrators serve without fixed terms at the discretion of the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the Chancellor and President. Periodic reviews afford the Chancellor an opportunity to ensure that these administrators remain effective. The review of administrators within Schools (e.g., assistant and associate deans, directors, or department chairs) should be determined by each School in accord with its own procedures.

II. Committee Selection

Review committees will be appointed, according to the following provisions, by the Chancellor.

A. A majority of the members of the review committee will consist of tenure-track and, where appropriate, clinical faculty. The committee will normally consist of no less than five nor more than eleven members. Review committee size should be kept to a minimum consistent with representing all necessary constituencies. Ordinarily, a dean of comparable rank will be appointed to committees reviewing School deans.

B. In reviews of academic administrative officers of a particular school, a majority of members of the review committee will be chosen from a list of faculty from that school recommended by an appropriate elected faculty body of the school; the list should contain roughly one-third more names than requested by the Chancellor. In reviewing administrative officers other than school deans, the faculty

members will be identified by the IUPUI Faculty Council Executive Committee as noted below. The deans of schools with programs offered on other campuses in addition to IUPUI will be reviewed in accord with the procedures outlined below, except that faculty from other campuses will be included on the review committee in approximate proportion to the degree they comprise the faculty of the school. The elected school body should make its recommendations in accord with this principle.

C. The IUPUI Faculty Council's Executive Committee will submit a list of prospective review committee members for the balance of the faculty committee membership in the case of school deans and for the full faculty committee membership in the case of campus administrative officers; other members may be appointed as noted below. The list should contain roughly one-third more names than requested by the Chancellor.

D. In addition to receiving nominations for the review committee from the IUPUI Faculty Council, the Chancellor may solicit nominations from representative student and staff bodies as well as other constituencies, as appropriate, including representatives from other campuses when the deans of schools with multicampus programs are being reviewed.

E. The Chancellor will appoint the review committee chair, ordinarily from among the faculty. With rare exceptions, the chair of the review committee should be a senior, tenured faculty member.

F. The Chancellor may appoint external consultants with the advice of the review committee to prepare reports which would assist members in their work and provide a national perspective on the unit under review.

G. Review committees will normally be established early in the fall semester and each review process will normally be completed early in the succeeding spring semester, or before. Most reviews should take only a matter of weeks or a few months to complete, but each review committee will be assured of enough

time to complete its work in a manner consistent with its charge.

H. Each spring the Chancellor will confer with the Faculty Council Executive Committee about the administrators to be reviewed during the next academic year; a tentative list of officers to be reviewed will be announced by the Chancellor at the last meeting of the IUPUI Faculty Council in the spring.

I. The Chancellor and Secretary of the Faculty Council will confer with their counterparts on the Bloomington or other campuses as necessary to ensure that review committees of school deans with multicampus responsibilities are constituted and charged in a manner consistent with the respective deans' responsibilities.

III.Committee Charge

Although reviews are conducted to assist the Chancellor in evaluating the effectiveness of senior administrators, faculty (pursuant to the IUPUI Faculty Constitution, Article II.A.) and other constituents have an interest in both the review process and the results. To ensure that the broad interests of the faculty are adequately and routinely addressed, the Chancellor will confer with the Secretary of the IUPUI Faculty Council about reviews. Specifically, the Chancellor and the Secretary of the IUPUI Faculty Council will convene the committees for reviews; in the case of deans with multicampus responsibilities, the Secretary of the IUB Faculty Council (or other campus council when appropriate) may be asked to participate if the Chancellor deems that circumstances warrant.

The Chancellor will provide the review committee with a description of the duties and responsibilities of the administrator under review and reports of previous reviews. Individuals to be reviewed will provide a statement of their own goals and objectives. The Chancellor will assure that the administrator under review meets reasonable requests by the review committee for information as well as arrange for reasonable and adequate staff and financial support for the activities of the review committee. The review committee will establish its own procedures, provided that it responds with data to the following questions as a minimum:

A. Has the administrator exercised appropriate leadership of the unit in establishing, maintaining, and facilitating clear goals and objectives?

B. How effectively does the administrator represent the unit to persons outside the unit, including peers nationally?

C. How successful has the administrator been in managing the human and financial resources of the unit in the face of competing pressures or uncertainty?

D. How is the unit perceived by its faculty and staff? How is the unit perceived on campus, system, state, and national levels?

E. How effectively has the administrator led the unit in carrying out unit and campus policies, including affirmative action plans and the unit's five-year plan?

F. What are the administrator's strengths and weaknesses and their impact upon effectiveness?

All faculty (or employees of a service unit) should be given an opportunity to comment on the administrator's effectiveness by responding to a survey that includes the above questions (among others developed by the committee) and by providing additional narrative comments. Administrators being reviewed must be given access to survey results and to other materials considered by the review committee along with an opportunity to respond or to comment before the committee prepares its report. Review committees will not consider anonymous submissions. Surveys should be administered in accord with customary practices designed to ensure the integrity of the process and to protect the identity of respondents by removing the names of respondents before survey results are released to the administrator under review, the Chancellor, or others. Other University officials with whom the administrator interacts routinely should also be asked to comment, particularly in the case of school deans with multicampus responsibilities.

IV.The Report

Prior to submitting a final report to the Chancellor, the review committee should meet separately with the official being reviewed and then with the Chancellor to discuss the find

ings of the report. The administrator under review should be given an opportunity to respond to the committee's findings before the committee meets with the Chancellor. The review committee then should make its report in writing to the Chancellor. The Chancellor will respond in writing to the review committee, noting any actions to be taken as a result of the committee's findings and recommendations. The Chancellor will provide the official reviewed with a copy. The report should consist of a narrative and critique, a summary of the committee's findings, any external consultant's reports, and recommendations. In the case of campus officers, the Chancellor will meet with the IUPUI Faculty Council Executive Committee in executive session to discuss the report. In the case of School deans, the Chancellor will provide a report to the faculty of the school.

NOTE: The language of the introduction and of paragraph II.H. has been designed to mandate the periodic review of certain campus administrative officers while permitting flexibility in including other campus officers as circumstances warrant. The following list is indicative of officers who would be eligible for review under the procedures proposed for adoption. The Chancellor is already covered by University Procedures and thus is not included.

Dean of the Faculties

Executive Vice Chancellor

Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs

Vice Chancellor for Budgetary and Fiscal Affairs

Vice Chancellor for External Affairs

Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education

Deans of Schools

School Associate Deans responsible for campus program administration

Dean of Student Affairs

Director, University Libraries

Director, Computing Services

Director, IUPUI Columbus

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Director, Undergraduate Admissions

Director, Learning Technologies

Director, Physical Plant

Director, Human Resources

Director, Intercollegiate Athletics

Program Review

In Fall 1993 Academic deans, the Planning Committee of the IUPUI Faculty Council, and the faculty-led Program Review and Assessment Committee developed guidelines for academic program review. Prior to this time, several individual academic units had been reviewed by discipline-specific accrediting bodies or Graduate School, but the campus had not conducted its own comprehensive reviews. The first academic review conducted under the new guidelines took place during 1993. The first academic support unit was reviewed in 1994.

Academic program review is a collaborative process designed to bring to bear the judgment of respected colleagues in assessing and improving the quality of academic and service units. This process involves students, faculty, community members, school and campus administrators, and external specialists in the discipline in (1) gathering information about a program (i.e., a department, or a school if the school has no departments), (2) reviewing and analyzing this information during a site visit, (3) synthesizing all available information and making judgments about overall program quality and recommendations for improvements, and (4) following up to ensure that the unit is fully supported in its efforts to address the outcomes of the reviews.

While self-study and peer review are also fundamental components of the external process of accreditation, program review at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) serves important internal purposes. In its statement of mission and goals this campus has committed itself to continuous improvement of its programs and services, to setting new standards for collaboration and interdisciplinary work, and to strengthening community connections that promote academic and cultural activities as well as economic and human development. Program review at IUPUI places emphasis on (1) involvement of campus administrators and faculty from IUPUI units other than the one undergoing review; (2) linkages between the program and the community it serves; and (3) connections between the review and planning, decision-making and resource allocation at departmental, school, and campus levels. These emphases ensure that the reviews

contribute in a fundamentally important way to the attainment of the campus mission and that warranted recommendations for improvement stemming from them are carried out. Programs that are strengthened through peer review will enhance the overall quality and reputation of IUPUI.

Program review at IUPUI increases the sense of shared purpose among its many diverse academic programs, and reinforces the need for coordinated planning for the future by all campus units. The involvement of campus administrators in the reviews ensures that meaningful and effective follow-up for each review will occur. The involvement of IUPUI faculty from academic units outside the one being reviewed promotes campus-wide understanding of the contributions of each unit to the mission of the institution. The involvement of community members who have an interest in the program emphasizes the importance of IUPUI's connections with the community it serves and, at the same time, furthers community understanding of the program and of IUPUI. It should be noted that the term 'community' may be construed broadly in this context; some programs may perceive their community to be Indianapolis and central Indiana, others may wish to involve community members from throughout the State, while still others consider the region or the nation as their community.

IUPUI Formal Ceremonies

Formal ceremonies at IUPUI include the New Student Convocation held in August to recognize outstanding entering students and their families; the Chancellor's Honors Convocation, held each April to honor outstanding performance by IUPUI students, staff, and faculty; and the IUPUI Commencement ceremonies, which are held in May. All faculty, full-time and part-time, are encouraged to participate in these ceremonies. Faculty members also are invited to attend the Indiana University Founders Day ceremonies which are held in Bloomington in the spring of each year.

Commencement ceremonies, dedications of new buildings, and other public occasions are planned and implemented through the office of IUPUI's Vice Chancellor for External Affairs in collaboration with the University offices for University Relations and Alumni Activities. The IUPUI Commencement and Special Ceremonies Committee coordinates such events at the Indianapolis campus.

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