Student Success

Goal 1
Improve Retention and Graduation Rates

The IU Southeast Experience will prepare and inspire students for future success through learning, connecting and transformational experiences while financially stewarding university resources.

Objectives:

  • Develop holistic support for every student.
  • Every student will engage in dynamic applied learning experiences.

Metrics:

  • 6- and 4-year graduate rates in the top 25% of peer group.
  • Retention rate for first-year, full-time students in the top 25% of peer group.
  • Increase budgeted need-based endowed aid, and increase funds allocated to need-based awards.
  • Increase number and amount of externally funded scholarships.
  • Increase transfer student enrollment and degree attainment by 25%.
  • Increase graduate student enrollment by 25%.
  • Improve retention and completion rates in graduate programs by 10%.
  • Increase access to and participation in mental health counseling services, social work support services and disability support services.
  • Increase student participation in the peer, faculty/staff, and community mentoring program with 20% more mentors and 50% more student participation.
  • Increase the number of students who participate in campus-based organizations, leadership opportunities and events by 25%.
  • Reduce student indebtedness by 5% and default rates by 1%.
  • Majority of first year and transfer students will enroll in learning communities.
  • Increase the number of students who complete an internship, co-op or service-learning experience by 20%.
  • Integrate the high impact practice of applied learning excursions throughout the curriculum in every academic program by 2030.

Goal 2
The IU Southeast campus will be the destination for completion of career outcomes and professional development in the service region.

At IU Southeast, our commitment to student success begins at matriculation and follows students through career- readiness and preparation for life-long learning.

Objectives:

  • Develop microcredentials and digital badges to meet regional workforce needs.
  • Create accessible Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) pathways.
  • Increase higher education partnerships with local organizations.
  • Advance graduate program enrollment throughout the region.

Metrics:

  • At least 50% of academic programs participating in either micro-credentialing or Credit for Prior Learning by 2030.
  • Increase the number of students receiving credit for prior learning.
  • Create three higher education partnerships related to graduate enrollment by 2030.
  • Create 12 corporate and non-profit employer partnerships for graduate education by 2030.