Metrics & Reports

Short-term

• Establish baseline of documented K–12 engagement metrics through Collaboratory project
• Initiate pipeline model project with four partner K–12 districts
• Double the use of EDGE Modules throughout IU campuses
• Adapt EDGE Modules for use in partner high schools
• Decrease attrition by 10% between the first fall and spring semesters

Intermediate

• Expand K–12 engagements by 10% each year
• Decrease time to entry into major among underserved student populations by 20%
• Engage two additional school districts in pipeline model projects
• Improve student completion rates in targeted bottleneck and gateway courses

Long-term

• Decrease gaps in high school completion and college-going by race, income, and regional origin at partner schools by 50%
• Increase the number of underrepresented minorities and low-income students who qualify for admission to—and enroll at—an IU campus by 20%
• Increase degree completion rates among targeted groups by 10%

Short-term

• Increase by 50% the number of EDGE career planning and readiness modules
• Increase by 200% (minimum) the use of these modules
• Establish baseline usage statistics with a yearly planned increase by a factor of 2
• Train 20 advisors and trainers to use the Ascend skills matching model

Intermediate

Follow up to our baseline assessment of priority needs to determine whether modules and advising are better aligning with student and employer priorities

Long-term

• Increase by 20% the number of IU graduates taking full-time jobs in Indiana
• Increase by 30% the number of IU graduates taking high-demand jobs in STEM and health
• Close by 50% the gaps (race, income, and region) affecting positive career outcomes (such as percentage employed full time, pursuing further education, or in another desired role)

Short-term

• Support 10 curricular improvement projects each year that include testing interventions for improved student performance and learning
• Increase financial support (total costs) and coaching/advising for regional campus 21st Century Scholars to match IU Bloomington and IUPUI

Intermediate

• Implement change strategies for all identified bottleneck classes
• Ensure full-cost financial support for 21st Century Scholars on all IU campuses
• Demonstrate increased first-year persistence of 21st Century Scholars

Long-term

• Decrease by 50% the fail rate of identified bottleneck courses
• Reduce by 50% the gaps (race, income, region) in first-year persistence at IU
• Increase by 5% on-time and extended completion rates overall
• Reduce by 50% the gaps (race, income, region) in on-time and extended completion rates