Strategic Planning, Policy, Public Safety, and a Shared Vision for

IU’s Regional Campuses

Office of the Vice President for University Regional Affairs, Planning, and Policy

Three broad areas—

I. Academic Affairs

II. Public Safety

III. Planning, Policy, and University Initiatives

The Whole and the Parts

Indiana University is strengthened by strong individual campuses and schools, and each campus is strengthened by a strong university and strong campuses and schools.

The Whole and the Parts

Success in managing the intersections requires:• A strong, widely understood sense of internal direction and a

shared vision of the enterprise.

• Clear internal communication, cooperation, coordination, and organizations that facilitate those qualities.

• Responsiveness to external stakeholders and aggressive efforts to help them understand what we do and why.

Communication is central.

I. Academic Affairs: Overarching Approach

To be one of the great universities of the 21st century, the engines of the university—its campuses and schools—must be empowered to expect and achieve excellence.

Academic Affairs: Overarching Approach

• Strengths can be enhanced and efficiencies achieved through choices about individual vs. collective

• Must articulate and defend IU’s standards of quality in a challenging environment

• Must be true to our claims of excellence—in a diverse university excellence has many meanings

Academic Affairs: Areas of Focus

• Statewide academic relations and University academic affairs

• A shared vision for IU’s regional campuses

• University faculty relations

• University Institutional Research and Reporting

• Student Enrollment Services

• FACET

Statewide Academic Initiatives

• Relations with ICHE, Statehouse, DoE, Education Roundtable, and other external bodies

• University-wide academic policies, degree and program approval, promotion and tenure process

Regional Campuses: The Challenges

• Widespread lack of understanding of the regionals’ collective scale and critical importance in meeting the state’s needs

• IU’s regional campuses are pressured to get more under-prepared, under-resourced, demanding students in and through the university faster, with less money and more competition

A Distinct Vision for IU’s Regional Campuses

• Complement existing efforts of each campus:

• Take advantage of shared strengths

• Advocate for the regional campuses internally and externally

• Find synergies and efficiencies in regional campus operations

• Shared Vision for IU’s regional campuses• University-level focus on regional campuses:

• Development• Alumni relations• Capital projects

Blueprint for Student Attainment

IU’s regional campuses will provide an educational experience that is:

• Excellent, distinctive, and nationally competitive

• Committed to student success—COMPLETION

• Innovative, flexible, and accessible to a wide range of qualified learners

• Connected with the educational experiences provided by community colleges and research campuses

• As affordable as possible

• Relevant to regional needs

Blueprint Process

New Directions in Teaching & Learning

Expenditure Review Committee

Academic Roadmap Project

II. Public Safety

• Assure safe, prepared, resilient, and compliant campuses

• Encourage “systemness”: Leverage experience, knowledge, resources of each campus for the benefit of all

• Interoperability: Adopt a uniform approach to common issues—differentiate as needed

• Realize IU’s capacity to be recognized as a national model in each of these areas

Public Safety Priorities

• Police:• Building on strengths• Sharing experience• Communicating incidents• University-wide esprit de corps

• Emergency Preparedness• Risk assessment• Planning, preparedness, and organization• Communication of plans and instructions• Communication of incidents and emergencies

Public Safety Priorities

• Environmental Health and Safety• Prevention: practice and communication• Culture of compliance• Hotspots

• Compliance Assurance

• Information Privacy and Security

III. Planning, Policy, and University Initiatives

• Strategic planning and reporting• Executive review and recruitment • Policy administration• Honorary degrees and academic honors• University Naming Committee• Bicentennial planning

Strategic Planning: The Principles of Excellence• Internal direction and shared vision• IU’s commitment to excellence and sense of

momentum• Building on many excellent existing

strategic plans for campuses, university offices, and schools

• Elements:• Principles and Framework• Strategies• Initiatives• Metrics

Policy Administration

• What policy administration means:• Best practices• Authority• Process—development, vetting• Distribution and availability• Clarity of expression• Not ownership

• E.g., naming, sponsorships• Template• Policy on Policies

Breakout Sessions

• Public Safety and Emergency Management• Statewide Academic Relations• Principles of Excellence• University Regional Affairs: The Blueprint

for Student Attainment• Policies for Sponsorship and Events

Conclusion

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. —Aristotle

Strategic Planning, Policy, Public Safety, and a Shared Vision for

IU’s Regional Campuses