Faculty Newsletter by the Office of Academic Affairs
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Upon the recommendation of the university chief policy officer, the University Faculty Council recently withdrew ACA-31, Fair Use of Copyrighted Works for Education and Research. Enacted in 1997, the policy is now obsolete. It required the university to use the Copyright Management Center at IUPUI to inform and educate faculty about the fair use of copyrighted works. Yet, the Copyright Management Center no longer exists, and no equivalent center has replaced it.
The best current resources on fair use for IUPUI faculty  are the University Counsel’s office and the Copyright and Fair Use Guide created by IUPUI University Library. The Library’s Copyright and Fair Use Guide has answers to frequently asked questions on topics like uploading articles to Canvas, getting permission to reuse content for publication, and author copyrights. In addition to the guide, faculty are invited to ask their subject librarian additional questions.
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This Helping Students Roar video was made by faculty for faculty as part of the FACET Leadership Institute (2018-2020) to bring attention to a challenge that many of our students on the IUPUI campus face on a daily basis.
Students are often under-resourced and struggling with unmet financial needs resulting in food insecurity, housing insecurity, inadequate healthcare, and the inability to pay for those hidden academic costs such as textbook costs, transportation, and parking.
What can we do as faculty? The answer is: Share the resources and break the stigma! Watch the video to learn more about these issues and resources.
For additional information, visit the Assisting Under-Resourced Students website and the Help Me R.O.A.R. website.
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Faculty can find professional development resources in just one place by navigating to The Forum Network. This is a one-stop-shop for resources to help YOU find information on:
- Faculty Life (Resources to help you with work/life balance and living in Indianapolis)
- Diversity and Inclusion (Offices and initiatives for a diverse and inclusive campus)
- Career Advancement (Mentoring, promotion, tenure, workshops, and more!)
- Teaching and Learning (Resources to enhance your teaching and learning across the classroom)
- Community Engagement and Campus Community (Get involved! Nominate a colleague for an award!)
- Research and Creative Activity (Sustain and grow your research program)
- Leadership Development (Learn how to become a leader in your department, school, or beyond!)
Go ahead…give it a try at this website.
But wait! There’s more!
When you visit The Forum Network, you’ll also find information on a collaborative space for faculty to build community across disciplines called Faculty Crossing. The space is designed for informal meetings and faculty-led programming including the Forum Writing Groups. It has a cool coffee bar (free!), comfy seating, and plenty of technology to assist you. Take a walk over to Faculty Crossing. It’s located next to the recently remodeled Center for Teaching and Learning on the first floor of the University Library and can be accessed during regular library hours. No membership is required; just walk right in and enjoy (be sure to bring your CrimsonCard for access).
Faculty resources and more information about the Faculty Crossing can be found on the Forum Network website.
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The Digital Teaching Repository (DTR) is now accepting submissions! The DTR is a peer reviewed, online archive of teaching materials that disseminates teaching best practices and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration.
Now seeking: course syllabi, assessment instruments, tutorial videos, project assignments, course management applications, and any other innovative teaching artifact.
Accepted materials are linked to ScholarWorks which tracks views and downloads. The DTR accepts submissions from faculty from the IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne.
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The Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success, otherwise known as “the Profiles,” were co-created by faculty, staff, and students as the guiding framework for undergraduate learning at IUPUI. The Profiles became the official undergraduate learning outcomes in fall 2019 and all undergraduate programs have mapped their program level learning outcomes to the Profiles. Programs are now being asked to map capstone course learning outcomes and one other course in each program to the Profiles.
Each of the four profiles (communicator, problem solver, community contributor, and innovator) supports and enhances the others, and students have many opportunities to reflect on and make connections between their classroom and co-curricular learning as they deepen their disciplinary understanding and refine what it means to be a well-rounded, well-educated person prepared for lifelong learning. To learn more about connecting your course outcomes to the Profiles and to attend workshops, please contact the Center for Teaching and Learning.
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This semester, deans and other campus leaders have been reading the book An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence, by Abigail J. Stewart and Virginia Valian (2018). Through extensive research, the authors provide readers with examples of how, both individually and institutionally, we may fall short of living out our value and commitment to diversity and inclusion. These challenges and their real effects on faculty, particularly women and people of color in academy, are explored through various dimensions, such as the hiring process, promotion and tenure evaluation, and systems of recognition. The book provides practical advice in the form of strategies with which to address these challenges. Its organization lends itself as a guide for leaders to return to again and again as a reference. Ultimately, the book calls upon institutional leaders to examine their own schema-informed biases, interrogate the concept of “merit,” redefine the parameters of excellence, and enact transformational changes to existing policies, practices and procedures, to create a truly inclusive academy.
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The Test Optional Approach is Approved by the IU Board of Trustees
What a high school graduate includes in an IU application portfolio is likely to be changing. For many years it has been standard practice for students applying to college to submit scores on standardized tests such as the SAT or ACT. Scores on these exams were thought to presage how the applicant would fare in college. In more recent times, several analyses have raised questions as to whether the standardized test scores might not be the best measure of the capabilities of certain students. In reaction to these concerns, several universities, including IU, examined dropping the requirement for the standardized exams. In the end, a proposal to make the standardized exams optional worked its way through the faculty governance system.
At their December meeting, the IU Board of Trustees was presented with the proposal to change the IU admission policy such that the campuses are empowered to decide whether or not to require the standardized test results.
I’m glad to report that the Trustees approved the proposal unanimously! This was quickly followed by discussions within the units here at IUPUI about whether to implement this change, and if so, how. The other IU campuses are busily working on this as well. In fact, certain regional campuses have already drafted their amended admissions policies to implement the test optional approach. Change is coming!
Have your voice heard!
Next IFC meeting: Tuesday, February 4, from 3 to 5 p.m. // Campus Center Theater
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The inaugural Celebration of Teaching and Engaged Learning on January 22 will recognize faculty and staff who have participated in sustained professional development during the 2018-2019 academic year that resulted in a change to a course or experience that increased student engagement, learning, and success.
Their efforts have had an important and meaningful impact in elevating the importance of effective teaching and student engagement at IUPUI. Chancellor Nasser Paydar will offer welcoming remarks at 3 p.m. followed by distribution of recognition pins to honorees and a light reception with drinks and appetizers.
For more information and to register, visit this web page.
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Each semester, the Faculty Forum offers writing groups that provide encouragement, accountability, and a sense of community for faculty and staff. This spring, there are two ways to participate:
In-Person Writing Groups
Participants are organized into groups that meet in person for two hours each week. In the first 30 minutes of the meeting, participants will discuss a writing-related topic. In the remaining 90 minutes, they will sit quietly and write. Sign up for an in-person group.
Online Writing Groups
Participants are organized into groups and given access to a shared, online spreadsheet. Each day, they will record their time spent writing into the spreadsheet and "check in" on each other’s progress. Sign up for an online group
Sign up ends on January 24; the session will start on January 27. Membership is open to IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne faculty and staff of all ranks, appointments, and disciplines.
For more information, visit the Faculty Crossing website or contact Andy Buchenot at ude[dot]iupui[at]tonehcub.
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The IUPUI Next Generation 2.0 program is a nine-month (September–May) leadership development program dedicated to the preparation of women and underrepresented faculty and staff for positions of leadership and opportunities for advancement in higher education.
Program participants are identified as both emerging and established leaders interested in seeking leadership opportunities at IUPUI or professional development to enhance their current roles. The curriculum is designed to broaden their knowledge, skills, and experiences as members of the higher education community.
For more information about the program, eligibility, and cost, please visit the Next Generation 2.0 website. The application for the 2020-2021 program will open for submissions on January 27.
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Is your work captured in Collaboratory yet? If your teaching, research, or service addresses a pressing social issue or you work with the community to achieve goals, then make sure it’s in Collaboratory. Join the 158 faculty and staff who have documented over 700 projects already!
What is Collaboratory ?
Collaboratory is a web-based platform that tracks how IUPUI faculty and staff are working in partnership with others in the community (e.g., community engaged research, outreach programs, events, course-based experiences, co-curricular activities). This information is also used to populate the IUPUI community engagement map.
What are the benefits for faculty?
- Document your relationships in and with the community and your engagement process
- Highlight the outcomes of your engaged work (e.g., scholarship, student learning, community impacts)
- Connect with other faculty doing similar work or with the same partners
- Create greater awareness, recognition and appreciation for community engaged scholarship and practice
How to access Collaboratory?
Go to one.iu.edu and search “Collaboratory.” Be sure to select the IUPUI campus and login using DUO!
How is this information used by IUPUI?
Click here to learn about some of the ways we have begun to use Collaboratory data. ACTION ITEM: If your engaged work is related to P-12 education, please be sure your work (teaching, research, service) is entered by February 1st as we prepare for an upcoming feature on this work.
Want more information?
Kristin Norris (ude[dot]iupui[at]eksirron) will be visiting your unit in the near future to answer any questions you may have about Collaboratory and to help you verify information already in Collaboratory about your work or to add projects, but feel free to contact her directly at any time.
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Do you know of an instructor at IUPUI that created or uses an open educational resource (OER) in the classroom? If so, please nominate them or yourself for the annual IUPUI Open Education Award. OERs are any educational materials that are in the public domain or licensed for adaptation and reuse. OERs may include textbooks, chapters, online modules, assignments, audiovisual works, datasets etc. Nominees will be featured on posters showcasing their work. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize, and the University Library will hold a celebration event honoring their work on March 5, 2020, at 4 p.m. Nominations are due on February 7, 2020, by the end of the day. Click here to read more about last year’s winner.
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The IUPUI Senior Academy is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Last Lecture speaker through February 7, 2020.
The nomination form, eligibility information, and the selection process are listed on the Senior Academy website.
The 2020 Last Lecture will be held on November 6, 2020 in the Herron School of Art + Design Auditorium.
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Assistant Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs Rachel Applegate will be hosting drop-in office hours twice a week for the spring 2020 semester.
Come chat about promotion and tenure with Dr. Applegate at the Faculty Crossing on Mondays from 8 to 9:30 a.m. and Tuesdays from 4 to 5 p.m.
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IU Online is hosting a webinar series this semester that will explore topics of interest in online education, including pedagogy, student engagement, transitioning to online teaching, and student success stories.
Continuing the Conversation will feature faculty across campuses and disciplines sharing their experiences as online instructors via Zoom at 12 noon on the following dates:
- January 24: Student Interaction with Course Material
- February 14: Student Interaction with Learning Materials
- February 28: Student Interaction with Instructor
- March 27: Creating Online Visuals that are Accessible
- April 17: Student-Student Interaction
Get more information and register on the IU Online faculty website.
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Want to submit something to be included in this newsletter? We have a new article submission request form on this web page!
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This semester, deans and other campus leaders have been reading the book An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence, by Abigail J. Stewart and Virginia Valian (2018). Through extensive research, the authors provide readers with examples of how, both individually and institutionally, we may fall short of living out our value and commitment to diversity and inclusion. These challenges and their real effects on faculty, particularly women and people of color in academy, are explored through various dimensions, such as the hiring process, promotion and tenure evaluation, and systems of recognition. The book provides practical advice in the form of strategies with which to address these challenges. Its organization lends itself as a guide for leaders to return to again and again as a reference. Ultimately, the book calls upon institutional leaders to examine their own schema-informed biases, interrogate the concept of “merit,” redefine the parameters of excellence, and enact transformational changes to existing policies, practices and procedures, to create a truly inclusive academy.
What a high school graduate includes in an IU application portfolio is likely to be changing. For many years it has been standard practice for students applying to college to submit scores on standardized tests such as the SAT or ACT. Scores on these exams were thought to presage how the applicant would fare in college. In more recent times, several analyses have raised questions as to whether the standardized test scores might not be the best measure of the capabilities of certain students. In reaction to these concerns, several universities, including IU, examined dropping the requirement for the standardized exams. In the end, a proposal to make the standardized exams optional worked its way through the faculty governance system.