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IUPUI Honors Program

IUPUI Honors Program. Honors Student Profiles. Enrollment 162 students currently enrolled on scholarship Additional 173 participants in the program Fall 2007 Entering Scholarship Class Profile: 26.05% of enrollment for AY07-08 – up from 19.79% previous year. Challenges and Opportunities.

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IUPUI Honors Program

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  1. IUPUI Honors Program

  2. Honors Student Profiles • Enrollment • 162 students currently enrolled on scholarship • Additional 173 participants in the program • Fall 2007 Entering Scholarship Class Profile: • 26.05% of enrollment for AY07-08 – up from 19.79% previous year

  3. Challenges and Opportunities • Challenges to underrepresented freshmen recruitment • In Indiana: of 4,380 senior SAT test takers in June 2007 statewide, 123 (2.8%) underrepresented students qualified for honors. • In Indiana and select metropolitan areas in NY, NJ, MI, KY, OH, IL, MO: of 18,713 students from 1,504 (8.04%) underrepresented students qualified. • These are highly sought after students nationwide who routinely receive full ride scholarships from in and out of state schools – competition is fierce. • Opportunities • Continue work with Admissions Center as well as UCOL and other units involved in outreach to underrepresented populations. • Coordinate recruitment of outstanding IUPUI undergraduates using increased funding made available for Continuing Student Scholarships. • Builds upper class cohort who can assist and advise with freshman recruitment • Students can serve as mentors to freshmen from diverse backgrounds

  4. Promoting Diversity Through Academics • New course work • Global Dialogues • International Service Learning Course • New ways of earning honors credit • Area Studies • Substantive Foreign Language • Study Abroad

  5. Promoting Diversity Through Engagement • AES assistants • Special Olympics • Charter School Coaching • Cripus Attucks Medical Magnet Middle School • Spanish translation services at area hospitals

  6. Promoting Diversity through Association • Honors House • Scholarship programming • Honors Club • Alpha Sigma Lambda • Freshmen Honorary Societies

  7. Honor Societies Alpha Lambda Delta & Phi Eta Sigma • Freshman recognition for outstanding academic achievement • National Scholarship and Award winners each of the past 5 years • National leadership workshops and conventions • Focus on service

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