Strategic Plan

Ivy Tech Community College students will earn 50,000 high-quality certifications, certificates, and degrees per year aligned with the needs of our workforce.

We are Ivy Tech, Indiana’s Community College. We serve the people of our state through accessible and affordable world-class education and adaptive learning. We empower our students to achieve their career and transfer aspirations. We embrace our vision of economic transformation inspired by the education and earnings attainment of our citizens, the vitality of our workforce, and the prosperity of our unique and diverse communities.

Student-Centered
We affirm ethical and academic standards that guide personal and intellectual development through principles of honesty, integrity, and fairness.

We foster engaging learning environments that employ leading technology and learning pathways that both challenge and support our students as they explore their potential.

We stand with students facing challenges impacting their college and career aspirations by leveraging the resources and services of our college and our community partners.

Outcome-Driven
We commit to the discovery of insight and understanding through research, analysis, and measures as we advance educational attainment and align our contributions to the future needs of employers, educational partners, and communities.

Inclusive
We cultivate intellectual and cultural diversity; promote the free, open, and civil exchange of ideas; and celebrate the uniqueness of students, employees, and communities.

Collaborative
We seek and support collaborative relationships with community, philanthropic, workforce, and educational partners as we strive to achieve our mission.

Trustworthy and Transparent
We practice honesty, courtesy, and civility, respecting all. We believe in a college community inspired by collegiality, collaboration, and open communication.

Student success is a shared responsibility among students, faculty, staff and other college community members. A campus culture of student success is fostered when all actively seek to improve on the following behaviors.

Students

• Attend class, learn the names of your instructors, and work to develop a relationship of trust with them
• Complete what you start
• Attempt each assignment
• Develop well-organized and disciplined study habits
• Ask questions and be prepared to use campus support resources, such as tutoring or Disability Support Services, when needed

Faculty

• Interact with student by name by first class/end of first week
• Monitor student behavior and progress closely and intervene immediately, including providing timely feedback on assignments/exams so students can make changes to their learning practices
• Initiate one-on-one and frequent communications with students early in semester, and maintain communication throughout the semester
• Conduct highly structured courses with penalties for missed exams and assignments but be flexible when appropriate
• Know your campus resources and direct students to them when needed

Staff

• Make eye contact, smile, and say hello to everyone on campus
• Celebrate positive student behavior and intervene when vulnerable behavior is noticed
• Engage with students, staff, and faculty – establish a personal connection
• Establish clear and coherent practices and processes for students – eliminate barriers and make others aware when needed
• Know your campus resources and direct students to them when needed

Ensure our faculty are equipped to be exceptional educators and ensure our students are ready to be successful in classes in which they enroll, while equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful.

Proactively connecting comprehensive wraparound services to students. Reimagining the orientation and onboarding experience. Creating an inclusive distance learning environment for our students.

Increase student awareness around financial aid and scholarships while streamlining the entire process. Ensure more 21st Century Scholars are supported, and ensure every student has the opportunity to complete the FASFA.

Ensure course schedules fit the student’s needs. Create student-centered policy around course cancellations.

Provide students access to the technology they need to be successful in class, while ensuring they know how to use technology. Ensure classes and classrooms are using cutting edge, relevant, and industry standard technologies.

Support a student-centered enrollment communication process.

Develop a deeper understanding of where the applicant is in the buy-in process to increase enrollment. Recruit and register students to completion of their credential.

Build strategic recruitment plans and cross-functional teams on all campuses focused on recruitment and enrollment.

Fully engage our community organization partners and advisory boards to ensure each campus develops deep relationships to fulfill our recruitment and enrollment efforts.

Fully conceptualize the seamless onboarding experience.

Implement initial career assessment followed by methodical, required advising.

Identify gaps in high school programs and create solutions to fulfill Indiana College Core completion. Design a college-wide definition and framework for Career Technical Education (CTE) concentrators and illuminate potential funding sources.

Generate additional reverse transfer agreements with four-year transfer partners. Explore competency based approaches to the reverse transfer degree structure.

Simplify and integrate the review and awarding of PLA academic credit into the standard admissions and enrollment process. Create an employer-aligned skills based approach, including on-the-job training, to evaluate and record student learning outcomes.

Create predictable and reliable lines of communication between academic faculty and Workforce and Careers staff while formalizing CCEC activities into courses.

Institute a regular and comprehensive graduate survey with an acceptable response rate. Create career engagement opportunities for students and alumni.

Recognize non-credit completion as a measure of student success. Identify areas where we can integrate processes, and prioritize non-credit pathway development and promotion as part of our commitment to student equity.

Create a pool of employers offering real world currency to students for competition of the Career Development Portfolio. Systematically capture employer insights.

Define the monetized value proposition for our employers.

Engage the Faculty Council to establish a more meaningful evaluation process and develop tactics to increase retention of high-performing, talented faculty. Create electronic performance evaluation process for all employee classifications.

Designate space on each campus where individuals and teams can gather to share and foster creative ideas. Reward those who innovate through an “Innovationeers” program.

Recruit a diverse and talented Ivy Tech workforce by fostering a culture of inclusion and flexibility. Create more progressive work-life policies. Develop assessments for hiring.

Propose and create an adjunct faculty rank and promotion process. Develop a recognition program to reward instructional impact and years of service.

Ensure communication is proactive, and encourage cross-departmental relationships.

Increase the donor pipeline by formalizing a results-driven alumni engagement strategy. This will be part of a comprehensive college-wide campaign designed to generate funds through charitable donations.

Identify a statewide process to help inform a one-million square foot reduction while ensuring our facilities meet students’ needs.

Create or adapt policies and procedures with the student experience in mind while working with IvyCares to promote scholarships.

Streamline student-facing business affairs processes

Work internally to ensure appropriate investment and standardization of safeguard measures to protect our resources.

Proactively address employee needs from a Business Affairs perspective.

Integrate service learning into more program curriculum. Strategically host community events and convene community leaders for collaborative leadership training.

Form partnerships with social service agencies to address the unique needs of local communities. Engage staff and faculty to experience community challenges firsthand to spur ideation for community service.

Develop a mechanism for sharing learnings and best practices college-wide. Identify and share best practices across higher education and other industries.

Revise and update policies to reflect systemwide guardrails and promote campus flexibility.

Defining systemic inequities for students to then create policies, practices, and protocols with respect to diversity, equity, and belonging.

Educate leaders on their power and privilege, and help develop emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, and competencies.

Establish an overarching culture of diversity that drives hiring, and ensure diverse voices are heard.

Educate leadership on the importance of diversity in leadership positions, and support our diverse staff with career advancement efforts.

Ensure equitable treatment for all employees, and create an environment where individuals can be their whole selves.