High-Impact Practices and Core Curriculum

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HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES AND CORE CURRICULUM

INITIATIVE: Enhance the core curriculum by prioritizing high-impact practices, particularly in first-year courses, through stronger integration and expansion while implementing a faculty incentive plan to promote the adoption of best practices.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

OUTCOMES:

Faculty incentive program for best practices in implementation of High-Impact Practices (HIPs).
Improved retention, progression and overall course outcomes.
Improved grades, engagement and learning outcomes based on the assessment of the core courses.
Increased number of first-generation, Pell-eligible students engaged in undergraduate research.

PROGRESS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

UPDATED: Q1 2025

PROGRESS

Below you’ll find this initiative’s progress tracked by the status of the current phase. This approach shows where the initiative team is investing effort and driving progress to activate the initiative to contribute to our institutional goals.

PLANNING PHASE 100%

IMPLEMENTING PHASE 50%

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Project scope, timeline, & budget developed
Initial tasks, including benchmarking & needs analysis, resource development, and faculty programming, have begun and are in progress

UNIVERSITY-WIDE METRICS:

We measure progress and success through university-wide metrics that align with our strategic plan, BluePrint to 2033. Broadly, these metrics highlight our commitment to academic excellence, student success and community impact. The chart below shows how the initiative aligns with the university-wide metrics.

METRIC	SUCCESS	RESEARCH	PHILANTHROPY	CAREER	ENGAGEMENT	GROWTH
ALIGNMENT

PILLAR

The pillars of the strategic plan group our initiatives. Below are the goals within each pillar this initiative supports.

STUDENT SUCCESS 2.0

STUDENT SUCCESS 2.0

GOAL ONE: Build a flexible and interdisciplinary undergraduate curriculum for the future that prepares every student to possess traits that serve as the foundation of academic and lifetime success, like critical thinking, adaptability, communication and evaluation skills, and emotional intelligence.

1.1 Engage creatively with curricula to equip students with the knowledge, skills and abilities to pursue their academic, professional and personal aspirations by developing degree completion programs, reimagining orientation and perspectives courses, and incorporating high-impact teaching practice into core courses.