IU School of Liberal Arts

Campus Planning Theme: Teaching and Learning, Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Best Practices

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process: The School of Liberal Arts has been actively supporting the University’s life and health sciences initiative in two ways: through teaching and learning to enable undergraduates to pursue further education and careers in the life and health sciences; through the continuation and development of interdisciplinary research projects that are focused on the life and health sciences; through centers that emphasize the impact of life and health sciences issues worldwide as the example of the School´s Consortium of Global Health Communication Research and Resources illustrates.

The School of Liberal Arts has supported research endeavors that have strong applied components, ranging from the publication of scholarly editions of major American writers to analyses of environmental policies that regulate the use and distribution of water in North American and Europe.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: Continuation of the direction and initiatives described above.

Evidence of Progress:

One key niche for the School of Liberal Arts involves life and health sciences. This focus is reflected in the research interests of the faculty-new as well as long-standing-and the curriculum, as is especially manifest in several of the School’s graduate programs.

Campus Planning Theme: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The School of Liberal Arts, through the Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and the Office of Development and External Affairs, continues to support grants development.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

The School hired a grants analyst to assist in grant development and monitoring.

Evidence of Progress:

Breakdown of external funding in 2004-2005 and 2005-2006:

	2004-  2005			2005-       2006
		Indirect	Total		Indirect	Total
Agency Type	Count	Cost	Award	Count	Cost	Award
Commercial/For Profit	5	$35,125	$212,480	7	$62,854	$336,819
Federal	11	$396,960	$1,214,413	14	$47,159	$182,023
Foundations	14	$303,620	$7,504,952	17	$98,841	$4,597,130
Higher Education	5	$29,250	$141,598	5	$30,298	$361,026
Non-Profit	15	$109,061	$765,703	11	$126,452	$1,357,696
Other Governmental	1	$16,786	$96,500	4	$53,896	$642,368
State of Indiana	8	$173,510	$1,238,717	6	$259,232	$1,527,349
Totals	59	$1,064,312	$11,174,363	64	$678,732	$9,004,411

Campus Planning Theme: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Best Practices

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The Dean initiated a discussion with department Chairs and program and center Directors about the most appropriate measures of excellence in research, scholarship, and creative activity.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

The Dean’s measures of excellence in research, scholarship, and creative activity were applied to the faculty’s reported research activities in 2005 and will also be the measure for research excellence in 2006. 

Evidence of Progress:

Altogether the faculty published over one hundred articles in academic and professional journals, discipline-specific encyclopedias and handbooks; three dozen chapters in books and anthologies; several multi-medial presentations; six scholarly journals; and ten books (this is drawn from the 2005 FARs) The report on research excellence revealed the publication highlights publications in the most reputable presses and highly ranked professional and scholarly journals. (A copy of the Excellent Research Report is attached as PDF file.)

Campus Planning Theme: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Best Practices, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The School of Liberal Arts serves a variety of constituents, in the School, on Campus, across the University, and into local, national and international communities.  We will spend the next year defining those constituents and determining how we can best serve them.Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: The Steering Committee that coordinates and advises the CTE-funded recruitment of three public scholars in African America is the most outstanding example of how the School serves various professional communities on and off campus.

Evidence of Progress:

In process: The inventorying of internships and practica opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students will also allow for a systematic list of the various communities that are served by the School of Liberal Arts.

Campus Planning Theme: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

A faculty member of the School played an instrumental role in launching the IUPUI campus TRIP-translating research into practice-initiative. The research faculty of the School of Liberal Arts has taken up that call and is working on identifying and highlighting those projects that fit the description and impact of TRIP. 

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: In ventorying TRIP projects in the School of Liberal Arts.

Evidence of Progress:

In process: Establishing an initial inventory of research projects that fit the category of TRIP.

Campus Planning Theme: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process; see also Goal 1, Action Step (Objective 4).  

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process.

Evidence of Progress:

In process.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The School has embraced the "internationalization" of IUPUI and is taking an active role in exploring, expanding, and implementing the strategic intiaties of the campus concerning exchanges with Mexico, China, India, and Europe, which include civic engagement activities. It developed a new BA in International Studies and is actively promoting study abroad opportunities-including those with service learning components.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: Several faculty members are already engaged in international activities, as indicated  above and by information presented under Action Step under Goal 1 (Objective 4). We hope to extend these to promote more civic engagement.

Evidence of Progress:

In process; see also Action Step under Goal 1  (Objective 6).

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Campus Climate for Diversity, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process: The School supported faculty in their efforts to identify and work with community partners, especially those who did so in collaboration and with support from the Center for Service and Learning. Faculty members in the Anthropology, Communication Studies, and Sociology departments have been particularly active in this initiative.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process.

Evidence of Progress:

In process: The School of Liberal Arts continues to support faculty in their efforts to maintain good relationships with community partners, especially in those cases in which the Center for Service and Learning (CSL) cut funding significantly and on very short notice for projects designed to develop over several years.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Civic Engagement

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The Assistant Dean for Development and External affairs has twice monthly meetings with media relations representative assigned to Liberal Arts to discuss story ideas and placement.

There is a regular review of news releases to ensure proper citations of the School of Liberal Art.

We remind staff and faculty of availability of self reporting mechanism on the web page. There are frequent updates of web information.

We report all faculty, staff, student activities through Jagnews, Inside IUPUI, and other internal reporting mechanisms.

We continue to offer symposia and forums that connect Liberal Arts to the community. These include: The Keith Bulen Symposium on American Politics - a community forum to examine timely political issues; the Annual Sprit and Place Civic Festival, a collaboration of religious, educational, social and arts organizations; the Rufus Reiberg Reading Series, bringing poets and novelists to campus to read from their work and interact with students and community audiences; the John D. Barlow Lecture in the Humanities, which brings internationally known scholars to IUPUI; and the annual Joseph T. Taylor Symposium provides a venue for discussion of timely urban issues. The Summer Archaeological Field School involves students and community residents and receives local (and often wider) media coverage. Additionally, the School hosted its Sabbatical Speakers Series and participated in Explore IUPU.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

We are actively engaged in activities that will raise our profile among our own faculty and staff such that when they engage in presentation of all different kinds their affiliation with the School of Liberal Arts is noted.

Evidence of Progress:

Liberal Arts faculty frequently provide expert commentary and analysis on events through regular outlets like "Consider This."

Faculty also provide interviews with local television and newspaper media, as needed. Some have become favorite resources for media because of their willingness to provide expert commentary on short notice.

Media relations staff now consistently include the school’s name in press releases and work with media to ensure its inclusion in published articles.

Campus Planning Theme: Teaching and Learning, Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: Preparatory steps for developing measures of excellence in civic engagement (planned for 2008), including discussions about how best to celebrate successful community partnerships and how to reward efforts to design, develop, and maintain those partnerships over time.

Evidence of Progress:

In process.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: The School of Liberal Arts is cooperating closely with the Office of International Affairs to meet this objective, especially developing concerted plans for strategic international exchanges (for faculty and students) in Mexico, Africa and China.

Evidence of Progress:

In process.  See also Action Step under Goal 1 (Objective 4) .

Campus Planning Theme: Teaching and Learning, Campus Climate for Diversity, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

We have actively participated in activities to upgrade classrooms, working closely with the Learning Environments Committee.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

The School of Liberal Arts will continue to work with the Learning Environments Committee to upgrade our classrooms and other space. In summer 2007 a sky bridge will be built, linking Cavanaugh Hall with the new Campus Center. We are working with the University Architects Office, the Learning Environments Committee, and other groups, including students, to significantly enhance the 2d, 3d, and 4th floor lobbies of CA and in conjunction with the sky bridge.

Evidence of Progress:

Classrooms have been upgraded as follows: CA231, Summer 2004; CA201, CA237, CA411, Summer 2005; CA219, CA223, CA225, CA235, Summer 2006.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Campus Climate for Diversity, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process: The School of Liberal Arts participated actively in the campus intiative concerning flexibility in the policies and procedures that govern faculty and staff.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: The School of Liberal Arts continues to participate actively in the committee charged with advancing the campus intiative concerning flexibility in the policies and procedures that govern faculty and staff.

Evidence of Progress:

Based on the 2006 survey that measured staff satisfaction at IUPUI, the School of Liberal Arts staff gave the unit above-average marks in three categories (understand ing the connection between staff´s work and unit´s goals;  recogniction for work done well; and overall job satisfaction) and well above average marks in regard to development opportunities, staff morale, and the clarity of the unit´s objectives and plans. Staff expressed concern about the technology available to them to get their work done and they voiced grave concerns about the low levels of staff salaries.

Based on the 2005 survey that measured faculty satisfaction at IUPUI (the 2005 survey is the latest available), the School of Liberal Arts faculty are generally in line with the level of satisfaction expressed by their colleagues across campus. There were no areas in which SLA faculty were more satisfied than their IUPUI peers and several where they expressed considerable concerns: foremost among them the level of salary levels; followed by low overall job satisfaction and low faculty morale in the unit and the inadequacy of recognition for teaching as well as research and scholarly activities.

Diversity of the Liberal Arts staff as measured in Fall 2006 remains overwhelmingly female (67%) in the professional (76 staff members), and (57 staff members) and technical (4 staff members) categories. Out of the total 137 staff members 14 percent are identified as minority appointments.

Diversity of the Liberal Arts full-time faculty as measured in Fall 2006 is distributed as follows: Among the 67 lecturers 57 percent are female and 10 percent belong to a minority; among the 23 assistant professors 57 percent are female and 26 percent belong to a minority; among the 64 associate professors 41 percent are female and 19 percent belong to a minority; and among the 59 full professors 36 percent are female and 5 percent belong to a minority.

Campus Planning Theme: Teaching and Learning, Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Best Practices, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The School of Liberal Arts actively supports a three-year life cycle for the upgrade of its technology. The School continues to support the operation, maintenance and enhancement of student technology centers. These include, Visual Language Lab, CommTech Lab, Composition by Computers Lab, Multimedia, Language Resource Center, Speakers Lab, and the Social Science Computer Classroom.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In Summer 2004, we created public use computers on the 2d, 3d, and 4th floor lobbies of CA. These computers are in almost constant use.

In Summer 2006, when the campus adopted a pay-for-print policy, the School of Liberal Arts enabled all students enrolled in Liberal Arts classes to print up to 15 pages without charge—a student-friendly and very popular move.

Evidence of Progress:

Public computing in Liberal Arts is used almost constantly.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Campus Climate for Diversity, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The School of Liberal Arts encourages faculty and stafftries to take advantage of every opportunity for training and development offered to them.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

To continue the above.

Evidence of Progress:

Faculty and staff engage in training and development activities.

The School´s staff commented favorably on the development opportunties available to them (see Goal 3, Action Step, Objective 2, above).

 

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

We invite faculty and staff to events and try to be inclusive in our activities. This included the active participation of staff members in the development of the Strategic Plan of the School of Liberal Arts.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

To continue to take—and practice—an open-minded, inclusive approach to staff-faculty relations.

Evidence of Progress:

Results from the staff satisfaction survey indiciate that staff-faculty relations are generally recognized as good (see Goal 4, Objective 2, above).

 

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Campus Climate for Diversity, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

Each year the faculty of the School of Liberal Arts arrange a pitch-in (a "Staff Appreciation Luncheon") to thank staff for all that they do for the School.  Faculty and staff, with some student input, were involved in the development of our Strategic Plan. The Dean created an annual staff award. The Don Schultheis Outstanding Staff Recognition Award honors a staff member with a cash bonus and plaque. 

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

Continue the Staff Appreciation Luncheon and the Don Schultheis Oustanding Staff Recognition Award.

Evidence of Progress:

In process.

 

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The Liberal Arts Dean´s Office worked closely with faculty and staff in developing a Strategic Plan. The plan was approved by the School´s Faculty Assembly and staff and the Dean´s Office will continue to work with faculty, staff, and students with respect to implementation.

The Dean in cooperation with the Chairs developed measures for excellence in research, scholarship, and creative activities (the resulting report for 2005 is attached).

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: The School of Liberal Arts plans to develop success measures by involving departments and faculty committees in the implementation process.

Comparable to the measures of excellence in research developed in 2006, the Dean in cooperation with the Chairs will develop measures for excellence in teaching and learning.

Evidence of Progress:

The Strategic Plan of the School of Liberal Arts was approved by Faculty Assembly, the staff, and by our Student Council and the implementation process has begun.

 

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process: The School of Liberal Arts, based on the Strategic Plan, is relying on the cooperation among the Dean´s Office and the faculty and staff governance structures to advance its plans and conduct its operations.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: Continuation of the implementation of the Strategic Plan of the School of Liberal Arts.

Evidence of Progress:

In process: Development and implementation of the Strategic Plan of the School of Liberal Arts.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

Since the School of Liberal Arts´ Strategic Plan was approved in 2005, we are pursuing implementation through departments and faculty committees. Through this process we will be able to review programs and departments in light of the goals laid out in the Plan.

Evidence of Progress:

In process.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Collaboration

Sub Unit:

Time Frame:

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The School of Liberal Arts is actively engaged in development on a number of fronts.

These include: Annual, major and planned gift solicitations that are on-going; meetings of with major donors; providing opportunities for donors to speak to planned gift professionals; hosting several donor recognition events; including donors and potential donors in the development of the Strategic Plan.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

To continue to pursue the many activities we engage in with respect to development.

Evidence of Progress:

FY 2005-2006:

Dollars raised: $1,929,170 (this does not include the Center on Philanthropy)

Number of Donors: 1,185

Alumni donors: 505; Friends: 572; PU alumni: 8; Corporations: 33; Foundations: 6; Other 126

Campus Planning Theme: Teaching and Learning, Best Practices, Campus Climate for Diversity, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

See also Goal 1, Action Step (Objective 7), and Goal 5, Action Step (Objective 7). 

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process: Two interdisciplinary undergraduate programs are in the planning stage, Motorsport and Film studies. Both are likely to prove attractive to well-prepared, highly motivated, and talented students. Discussion about the possible transformation of African American and African Diaspora Studies from a program to a department awaits the participation and input of the three public scholars in African America the School of Liberal Arts expects to hire in Spring 2007.

Evidence of Progress:

Fall 2006:

Credit Hour Enrollment in Liberal Arts Classes (total: 65,410 [up slightly compared with Fall 2005])

Head Count (total: 21494 [virtually unchanged compared with Fall 2005])

                                              In-State Out of State Total

Total Number of Students       1816          80        1896 Undergraduate                          1570          29        1599 Graduate                                       246         51          297

 

Enrolled Majors by Department (total: 1601 [this is an increase of 2% compared with Fall 2005])

Anthropology                                    115
Communication Studies                    267
Economics                                          45
English                                              257
Geography                                          39
History                                              157
Philosophy                                          50
Religious Studies                                22
Sociology                                          103
World Languages and Cultures        137
Other Programs                                  56
  


Graduate Student Information:

		2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005
Enrolled in Fall		92	114	146	192	268
Students Admitted		40	90	78	106	118
Average GPA		3.51	3.36	3.46	3.30	3.51
Average GRE		V: 565 Q: 607 A: 624	V: 557 Q: 590 A: 620	V: 547 Q: 587 A: 613	V: 545 Q: 596 A: 614 W: 5.15	V: 532 Q: 558 A: 590 W: 4.69

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: 2006-2010

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The School of Liberal Arts encourages the development of external grant proposals from its faculty.  As we implement the Strategic Plan fully we hope to become more intentional in supporting this activity and rewarding success in it.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

We hired a grants analyst who is working with faculty and staff to develop, support and monitor external grant applications.

Evidence of Progress:

In process; see also Goal 2,  Action Step (Objective 2).

Campus Planning Theme: Teaching and Learning, Campus Climate for Diversity, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

We use alumni to support our recruitment efforts.

The School of Liberal Arts is an active participant in the University´s Enrollment Management and Retention and Graduation Task Forces and utilizes strategies developed by these bodies to increase enrollments and retention to graduation.

In collaboration with the Indiana Department of Education, Division of Language Minority and Migrant Programs, Liberal Arts is centrally involved in META/Mapping Education Toward Achievement, a one-day annual workshop for Hispanic high school students focused on careers and on preparing for college.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process.

Evidence of Progress:

In process.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

The School of Liberal Arts has been successful in raising the awareness of the school—internally as well as externally. As a result  a name change is no longer an Action Step to pursue in the School´s Strategic Plan.

The Dean´s Office has been successful in impressing on its faculty the importance of including "Liberal Arts" as part of their institutional description with respect to publications, presentations, and public appearances.

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

The Dean´s Office is developing a new web presence as well as a new print signature and will continue to impress on all person associated with the School of Liberal Arts the importance of including the School´s full identification in all campus wide and public activities.

Evidence of Progress:

The School of Liberal Arts faculty and staff have become very aware of the need to identify the School in publications and public activities. We are seeing increased compliance on the part of the Office of Communication and Marketing, faculty and staff. It is on ongoing issue. In order to make sure that the School of Liberal Arts is recognized in events the School sponsors, a "sponsorship form" for external agencies was developed.

 

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit:

Time Frame:

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

See Goal 6, Action Step (Objective 1). 

In Fall 2005, Assistant Dean Gail Plater addressed the Faculty Assembly of the School of Liberal Arts.  Dean Plater impressed on the faculty the importance of including "Liberal Arts" as part of their self-description, with respect to publications, presentations, public appearances, and so on.  

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

The  Dean´s Office will continue to impress on all persons associated with the School of Liberal Arts the importance of including the School´s proper identification in all public activities.

Evidence of Progress:

The School of Liberal Arts is an active participant in many activities across campus.  Historically, and unfortunately, our participation is not always recognized (this is not necessarily intentional on the part of others).  To help make sure that the School of Liberal Arts is fully and properly recognized in such events, a "sponsorship form" was developed for external agencies.

Campus Planning Theme: Best Practices, Civic Engagement, Collaboration

Sub Unit: None

Time Frame: Ongoing

Actions taken for 2005-2006:

In process: The Dean appointed a Dean´s Research Advisory Board as well as advisory boards for several emerging intitiatives. These boards are made up of members from the community, including representatives from the public and private sectors. 

Activities planned for 2006-2007:

In process.

Evidence of Progress:

In process.