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Indiana's Framework for Policy and Planning Development
(large file size--right click and save target as for quickest downloading)
The document outlines the goals for postsecondary
education in Indiana and the alignment of Indiana’s system of higher
education. The six goals include: 1) increasing student participation, 2)
ensuring affordability, 3) increasing student success and degree completion,
4) assisting in research and economic development, and 5) measuring student
learning.
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Indiana's Postsecondary Indicators--February 11, 2005 (large file
size--right click and save target as for quickest downloading)
The Commission’s Framework includes a number of indicators of progress and a
number of measures comparing how the state and institutions perform relative
to other states and institutions. Data from the indicators and descriptors
have been collected and are presented in this report. The report examines
preparation, participation, affordability, success, research and economic
development, and resource utilization for institutional performance
indicators and descriptors.
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Regional Campus Agreement
* (Approved by the Commission - September 14, 2001)
The agreement discusses undergraduate education and the
relationships between the Indiana’s community colleges and the Indiana
University and Purdue University regional campuses and IUPUI. The agreement
understands that attracting, preparing, and retaining talented, and
well-educated people will require a broad range of advanced educational
opportunities, including those that improve the health care, schools,
neighborhoods, government, culture, and social service of each regional
campus’ service area.
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Dual Credit Policy
* (Approved by the Commission - November 11, 2005)
For purposes of this policy, dual credit courses are
defined as courses that can satisfy requirements for earning both a high
school diploma and a college degree and that are taught by high school
teachers at the high school. This policy discusses in detail the conditions
that must be met in order for a course to be considered as a dual credit
course under these parameters.
New Academic Degree Programs
- Guidelines, Policies, and Procedures for Developing New Academic Program Proposals *(Approved by the Commission - January 12, 1990)
Indiana public colleges and universities wishing to develop and
implement new academic programs must have such programs approved by the
Indiana Commission for Higher Education. This policy discusses the
format to which each institution must submit these requests to the
Commission.
- State Policy on Associate Degree Programs Offered at Public Institutions *(Approved by the Commission - June 14, 1996)
The intent of this policy is to clarify statewide
usage of degree designations for associates degree, elucidate discussion
about associates degree curricular content, communicate effectively to
students about associate degree offerings by public institutions,
facilitate transfer of associate degree credit so that as many students
as possible will have the opportunity to continue their postsecondary
education, avoid needless duplication of state resources, and sharpen
institutional missions.
- Ivy Tech
State College Industrial Apprenticeship Technology Programs: Key
Academic Understandings * (Approved by the Commission- August
13, 1999)
This policy allows Ivy Tech to develop Industrial
Apprenticeship Technology Programs with any company in their region, as
long as the curriculum developed for each company conforms to the model
curriculum for that trade specialty. These trades include electricians,
facilities maintenance, machine repair, sheet metal worker, etc.
New Campuses & Off-Campus Sites
- Policy for Authorizing New Campuses and Off-Campus Sites * (Approved by the Commission - October 11, 1996)
The intent of this policy is to: 1) clarify statewide terminology of
referring to locations at which instruction is offered (campuses,
instructional sites, etc), 2) assist the Commission in fulfilling its
statutory authority “ to approve or disapprove the establishment of any
new branches, regional or other campuses, or extension centers, 3)
introduce an academic dimension to considering investments in facilities
at off-campus sites, 4) provide guidelines that institutions can use in
planning campus and off-campus development, and 5) achieve a balance
between protecting the state’s investment in existing campus resources
and encouraging off-campus activity, thereby maximizing student access
to instructional opportunities, through appropriate and modest
competition among institutions.
Distance Education
Student Housing at University of Southern Indiana
These items respond
to the need to support students through residential facilities at the University
of Southern Indiana.
Reciprocity Agreements
The general purpose of the this tuition reciprocity
agreement is to expand postsecondary education opportunities in Eastern Indiana
and Western Ohio while limiting the cost of such expansion to the taxpayers of
Indiana and Ohio through collaboration among public institutions of higher
education. The intended outcomes are to increase availability of programs to
residents of both states.
The general purpose of the this tuition reciprocity
agreement is to expand postsecondary education opportunities in Southern Indiana
and Northern Kentucky while limiting the cost of such expansion to the taxpayers
of Indiana and Kentucky through collaboration among public institutions of
higher education. The intended outcomes are to increase availability of
programs to residents of both states.
This policy
proposed a change in the way the state funds enrollment change, new facility
operating expenses, debt service, degree completion, and new degree programs.
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