Implementation Overview
Our goal is to create an environment where teaching and learning thrive, and where every student has the support and resources they need to succeed.
To accomplish this goal, we are executing strategies across six different areas consisting of teaching and learning, advising and guidance, high impact practices, mentoring, access and enrollment, and financial support and employment. Since starting the strategic plan, we launched several initiatives to support course and curriculum innovation, expand development opportunities for instructors, and promote an institutional culture that elevates teaching excellence. We also built on initiatives to enrich student learning experiences and expand opportunities for academic and career development.
Key Metrics
5 %
Strategic efforts to support student success are resulting in significant progress with retention and graduation rates
92 %
Percentage of students reporting participation in a high-impact, experiential learning opportunity in response to the Senior Exit Survey
2,500 +
As of spring 2025, thousands of undergraduates had used the P3-supported career preparation tool
200 +
Among UI faculty, staff, and students
Highlights and Success
3,054
In the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program in 2024-25
New UI pilot course expands AI education
The university is launching several courses as part of a new undergraduate certificate in AI, increasing its offerings in a quickly growing, critical field.
Fueling student success through on-campus employment
Programs like Iowa GROW® and the Hawkeye Work Grant are transforming campus jobs into rich learning experiences, fostering confidence, belonging, and future-ready leadership. Participants in these initiatives report higher skill development and retention outcomes compared to peers.
UI launches foundational course for new AI certificate
A new undergraduate certificate program will allow students across all majors to explore the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence. The foundational course, Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals, offers a hands-on introduction to commercial AI tools alongside critical discussions on ethical and responsible use.
More Stories
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning
- More students, more solutions: Faculty rise to meet growing enrollment
- UI selected for national institute on AI and the future of teaching
- UI to launch new AI certificate in 2026
- Connecting K-12 and Higher Education Conference brings educators together
- Supporting student success through Residence Hall planning
- Contributing to a tradition of space exploration
- Promoting effective learning strategies
- Exploring impact of academic policies
- Classroom improvements support student success
- Faculty fellows advance teaching and learning initiatives
- Learning assistants help change classroom dynamics
- Classroom improvements support accessibility and student success
- Redesigning introductory courses to improve student learning
- Using Course Activities Insights to unlock insights for instructors
- Using introductory courses as a gateway to student success
- Students as Partners' impactful year
- Transforming Learning Environments at Iowa
- Elevating SoTL at Iowa
- UI team receives $400,000 NSF grant to enhance engineering education
- UI adopts new framework for the assessment of teaching
- Bowman publishes P3-supported research on STEM course placement
- Developing a homegrown course feedback system
- Strategic plan investments help drive record retention, graduation rates
- ArtInfuse Teaching Program helps professor teach economics through museum trip
High-Impact Practices
- Student Activity Scores help guide advisors at Iowa
- Expanding Experiential Opportunities
- Providing tools to track student involvement and engagement
- Connecting on-campus work to life skills
- Connecting Students with World-Class Performers
- UI instructors awarded experiential education course development grants
- Flexible health care job for students is win-win
- P3 project helps students chart personalized career paths
- Strada grant expands career development access
- Office of Undergraduate Research pilots collaborative research project
- Introducing first-generation students to research
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Advising, Mentorship, and Community
- GradLifeP2P mentoring program
- Providing mentorship that empowers students to become leaders
- Improving outcomes for first-generation students
- Mentoring at Iowa 2024 conference
- Building partnerships with K-12 educators
- Elevating teaching excellence through TA Mentor Program
- University launches new mobile app for students
- Creating proctored exam spaces
- Real-time insights for academic advising
Financial Support and Employment
- Iowa Grow Guides Student Learning
- Hawkeye Work Grant supports student success
- Helping students succeed, graduate, and launch their career
- Student employee classification system enhances career readiness
- UI's role in GEAR UP Iowa 3.0 will provide more Iowans with a path to college
- UI OpenHawks projects help students save money on textbooks