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
4.5 %
increase in first-year retention rate since 2018
Strategic efforts to support student success are resulting in significant progress with retention and graduation rates
21,903
Combined Visits to the Academic Resource Center
For students participating in Supplemental Instruction in 2023-24
60
Community Engaged Courses in Spring 2024
Tagging courses that incorporate community engagement, internships, and other experiential learning opportunities helps students find and register for high-impact classes
$ 4.5M
increase in need-based scholarships and grants
awarded by the UI in the 2022-23 academic year
Highlights and Success
244
students in Grad P2P Mentoring Program
The fall 2024 cohort tripled the number of students served by the program
Developing a homegrown course feedback system
The new system, Student Perceptions of Teaching (SPOT), replaced the Assessing the Classroom Environment (ACE) system. SPOT is a homegrown solution that provides flexibility to continually evolve and develop the tool to meet the needs of the university community.
Real-time insights for academic advising
ICON Indicator empowers advisors to identify and support students who may need additional help, supporting a more effective advising experience.
Introducing first-generation students to research
Programs like the First Generation Brain Research Workshop, the Iowa Sciences Academy, the 1stGen@Iowa Initiative, and the Office of Undergraduate Research are helping first-gen students become aware of and connect with research opportunities.
More Stories
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning
- 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
High-Impact Practices
- 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
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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