BUILDING A HIP CULTURE

Thomas F. Nelson Laird Indiana University

6/11/15 Track Session at AAC&U’s 2015 Institute on High-Impact Practices & Student Success

The Plan…

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High-Impact Practices

High-Impact Practices

Experiences that…

require an investment of time and energy over an extended period

result in greater engagement and learning

High-Impact Practices

First-Year Seminars & Experiences

Common Intellectual Experiences

Learning Communities

Writing Intensive Courses

Collaborative Assignments & Projects

Undergraduate Research

Diversity & Global Learning

Service/Community-Based Learning

Internships

Capstone Courses & Projects

HIP Culture

2 HIP Culture Components

Participation

Students, faculty, and staff

Valuing

Students, faculty, and staff

2 HIP Culture Components

Participation

Students, faculty, and staff

Valuing

Students, faculty, and staff

Measuring HIP Culture

NSSE 2013 and HIPs

Which of the following have you done or do you plan to do before you graduate?

Participate in an internship, co-op, field exp…

Participate in a learning community…

Participate in a study abroad program

Work with a faculty member on a research project

Complete a culminating senior experience

About how many of your courses at this institution have included a community-based project (service-learning)?

HIPs FYS Participation

Service-learning 55%

Internship, field exp 9%

Culminating exp 3%

Learning community 14%

UG Research 6%

Study abroad 3%

HIPs FYS Participation

Senior Participation

Service-learning 55% 63%

Internship, field exp 9% 45%

Culminating exp 3% 41%

Learning community 14% 23%

UG Research 6% 21%

Study abroad 3% 12%

SR HIP Participation by Inst Min Max

Service-learning 30% 99%

Internship, field exp 10% 89%

Culminating exp 6% 97%

Learning community 5% 61%

UG Research 0% 75%

Study abroad 0% 78%

FSSE 2013 and HIPs

How important is it to you that undergraduates at your institution do the following before they graduate?

Participate in an internship, co-op, field exp…

Participate in a learning community…

Participate in a study abroad program

Work with a faculty member on a research project

Complete a culminating senior experience

Participate in a community-based project (service-learning) as part of a course

FSSE 2013 and HIPs

In a typical 7-day week, do you participate in the following?

Working with undergraduates on research

Supervising undergraduate internships…

About how many of your undergraduate courses at this institution have included a community-based project (service learning)?

HIPs FYS Participation

Senior Participation

Faculty Participation

Avg Faculty

Importance

Service-learning 55% 62% 53% 2.7

Internship, field exp 9% 44% 30% 3.4

Culminating exp 3% 41% - 3.4

Learning community 14% 23% - 2.4

UG Research 6% 21% 38% 2.7

Study abroad 3% 12% - 2.3

HIP Importance by Inst Min Max

Service-learning 1.4 3.4

Internship, field exp 2.9 3.9

Culminating exp 2.5 3.8

Learning community 1.8 3.2

UG Research 1.8 3.5

Study abroad 1.2 3.2

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FY Learning Comm

SR Study abroad

SR UG Research

SR Culminating senior exp

Somewhat important

Important Very important

HIP Participation by Average Faculty Importance

Exercise 1

How HIP is your campus culture?

What existing information can you draw from to arrive at an answer?

What additional information do you need to gather?

What is your plan for gathering and analyzing the information?

Who’s HIP?

HIP Participation

Online

First Generation

Transfer

Younger

Female

Frat/sorority

Fulltime

Higher grades

LESS Likely MORE Likely

HIP Participation: Mixed Results

International Students

More likely = service learning & study abroad

Less likely = internships

Athletes

More likely = service learning & internships

Less likely = study abroad

STEM majors

More likely = ug research

Less likely = service learning, intern, & study abroad

HIP Participation: Mixed Results

Asian Americans

More likely = service learning & learning comm

Less likely = internships, culm sr exp, & ug research

African Americans

More likely = service learning & learning comm

Less likely = study abroad

Latino(a)/Hispanic Americans

More likely = learning comm

Less likely = internships & ug research

Predicting Value Placed on

High-Impact Practices

Faculty Characteristics

Women

Faculty of color (all groups)

Non-US citizen

Doctorate

PT lecturers/instructors

Faculty in life fields (e.g., biology)

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Exercise 2

Participation

Who participates more/less in HIPs on your campus?

How will you change patterns of participation?

Valuing

What groups of people on your campus value HIPs more than others (generally and for specific HIPs)?

How can you use their support to foster a HIP culture?

How can you build support among groups that are currently less supportive?

HIP Culture and Your Action Plans

Exercise 3

What plans for gathering information will you put into your institutional action plans?

What plans for building a more HIP culture on your campus will go into your action plan?

Thank you!