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Item 2018 Mentoring Symposium Agenda(2018-11-27)Item Access or Barrier? Tuition and Fee Legislation for Undocumented Students across the States(Taylor & Francis, 2014) Nguyễn, David Hòa Khoa; Serna, Gabriel R.; School of EducationStates have responded in a variety of ways to undocumented immigration and its implications for higher education. Some states have allowed undocumented students to seek an affordable college education while others have created barriers. This article highlights the piecemeal legislation that the states have passed in order to respond to the needs of undocumented students; namely, policies allowing undocumented students in-state resident tuition. It also considers the policy impacts on undocumented students and the institutions and faculty that serve them.Item At-risk colleges should do what’s best for students, alumni, donors, employees – and local communities(The Conversation US, Inc., 2020-02-04) Shaker, Genevieve; Plater, William; Lilly Family School of PhilanthropyItem Course of Life: A Transformative Design Inquiry into the Modern Academic CV(2023-08) Ganci, Aaron M.; Wheeler, Rachel; Dombrowski, Lynn; Hong, Youngbok; Haberski, Raymond J.This project addresses the growing issue of burnout among U.S. higher education faculty. An inquiry into the causes of faculty burnout points to weaknesses within the American higher education system that have been exacerbated by a network of external and internal pressures. From the outside, institutions are being pressured to act more like corporations and embrace neoliberal values. At the same time, the societal pressure to democratize American institutions by asking them to become inclusive in their policies and practices is felt acutely in academia. These aims—productivity and inclusive democratization– are often in tension in academia, with overseeing bodies like trustees and legislatures prizing measurable, economic productivity, and faculty and administrative bodies prioritizing gender and racial inclusivity. There is one place where all these pressures play out: the academic CV. The CV is an ideal lens through which to examine these dynamics as it struggles to link faculty, administrators, universities, and funding agencies, in their attempt to convey both neoliberal and inclusive values. Many stakeholders trying to construct different narratives leads to an inherent tension and leaves no one satisfied. To make matters worse, the growing use of digital analytic software in place of traditional CVs has led to an imbalance, with neoliberal success indicators overshadowing inclusive ones. This disparity negatively impacts faculty wellbeing, especially faculty in underrepresented demographics, as their sense of personal achievement is diminished under these criteria and raises the question: how might the CV evolve to balance the needs of all of its stakeholders? Doing so may ease some of the tension within academic life and enhance faculty wellbeing. This study employs a transformative research design to explore whether the CV can be reformed to rebalance the tensions within academia. The mixed-method qualitative study draws on interviews and participatory co-design activities, and a constructive design process to explore divergent ways the CV might evolve to benefit faculty more. After evaluating the designs through transformative criteria, new insights are developed about the nature of modern academic work and spheres of action that can lead to faculty wellbeing.Item Creating a Culture of Faculty Advancement - PETM(Office of Academic Affairs, IUPUI, 2017-11-14) Urtel, Mark; Angermeier, LisaItem Creating an Infrastructure for Professional Development and Mentoring in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences(Office of Academic Affairs, IUPUI, 2017-11-14) Dierks, Tracy; Bayliss, AmyItem Elements of Good Mentoring(2018-11-27) Baich, TinaThere are well-documented best practices that increase the likelihood of a successful mentoring relationship. By integrating these elements into the mentoring relationship, both mentors and mentees accrue benefits and are more likely to achieve their desired goals and outcomes. This session will introduce the elements of good mentoring as well as common benefits of successful mentoring relationships.Item Empowering Department Chairs to Facilitate Faculty Mentoring(Office of Academic Affairs, IUPUI, 2017-11-14) Edwards, Paul; Kowolik, Michael; Chu, Gabe; Calvert, Danielle; Hemmerlein, Scott; Kolar, N.Item End-User Needs of Fragmented Databases in Higher Education Data Analysis and Decision Making(MDPI, 2021) Briggs, Amanda; Cafaro, Francesco; Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public HealthIn higher education, a wealth of data is available to advisors, recruiters, marketers, and program directors. These large datasets can be accessed using an array of data analysis tools that may lead users to assume that data sources conflict with one another. As users identify new ways of accessing and analyzing these data, they deviate from existing work practices and sometimes create their own databases. This study investigated the needs of end users who are accessing these seemingly fragmented databases. Analysis of a survey completed by eighteen users and ten semi-structured interviews from five colleges and universities highlighted three recurring themes that affect work practices (access, understandability, and use), as well as a series of challenges and opportunities for the design of data gateways for higher education. We discuss a set of broadly applicable design recommendations and five design functionalities that the data gateways should support: training, collaboration, tracking, definitions and roadblocks, and timeItem Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education Through a Virtual Instructor in an Ai-Driven Virtual Reality Fatigue Test Lab(2023-08) Yahyaeian, Amir Abbas; Jones, Alan; Zhang, Jing; Du, XiaopingThis thesis demonstrates the combination of virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) specifically exploring the practical application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and GPT-based models in educational VR laboratories. The objective is to design a comprehensive learning environment where users can independently engage in laboratory experiments, deriving similar educational outcomes as they would from a traditional, physical laboratory setup, particularly within the realms of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Using machine learning techniques and authentic virtual reality simulating educational experiments, we propose an advanced learning platform—Virtual Reality Instructional Laboratory Environment (VRILE). A key feature of the VRILE is an AI-powered instructor capable of not only guiding the learners through the tasks but also responding intelligently to their actions in real-time. The AI constituent of the VRILE uses the GPT-2 model for text generation in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). To ensure the generated instructions were contextually relevant and meaningful to lab participants, the model was trained on a dataset derived from an augmentation over user interactions within the VR environment. By pushing the boundaries of how AI can be utilized in educational VR environments, this research paves the way for broader adoption across other domains of engineering education. Furthermore, it provides a solid foundation for future research in this interdisciplinary field. It marks a significant stride in the integration of technology and education, encouraging more ventures into this promising frontier.