Unit Mission Statement: SCULPT is a faculty resource for teaching through inquiry-based learning (IBL). IBL includes research, scholarship, and creative activity inside and outside the classroom.
Objective Name: Expand UR and IBL Opportunities and Recognition
Objective: Expand opportunities for all students to participate in undergraduate research (UR)/creative works and inquiry-based learning (IBL) activities, communicate their scholarly and/or creative works, and recognize students engaging in UR/creative works and IBL activities across campus.
Primary Objective (required):  Student Success 1: Academic Success
Additional Objective (optional): Inclusive 1: Accessible Education
Additional Objective (optional): Engaged 1: Engage Students
Student Success 1: Academic Success: Students who participate in high-impact practices, such as UR and IBL, have higher rates of retention and completion and develop skills central to UVU’s Essential Learning Outcomes.
Inclusive 1: Accessible Education: Under-represented students show a significant persistence benefit from participating in UR and IBL.
Engaged 1: Engage Students: UR and IBL activities are inherently engaging because they are built around student initiative and goals/questions. They allow students to practice professional skills and problem solving that are essential to career success.
Objective Name: Promote a campus environment of UR and IBL.
Objective: Foster a campus environment that supports UR and IBL activities through faculty development training on UR and IBL as well as supporting the broad participation of underrepresented students in UR and IBL activities.
Primary Objective (required): Student Success 1: Academic Success
Additional Objective (optional): Inclusive 1: Accessible Education
Additional Objective (optional): Engaged 1: Engage Students
Student Success 1: Academic Success: SCULPT promotes curricular integration of UR and IBL, helping students develop key skills including critical thinking, problem-solving, content acquisition, and oral and written communication skills.
Inclusive 1: Accessible Education: SCULPT has a core goal of broadening participation in UR and IBL among under-represented and first-generation students; events such as the student showcase help students realize they can successfully participate in UR and IBL.
Engaged 1: Engage Students: SCULPT faculty development efforts are geared towards helping faculty become effective mentors for students, and to help students develop their own questions, ideas, and application of class material to new situations.
Objective Name: Advocate for Curriculum Integration of UR and IBL
Objective: Advocate for program curricula that help students develop the skills needed to succeed in UR and IBL activities beginning early in their major.
Primary Objective (required): Student Success 1: Academic Success
Additional Objective (optional): Inclusive 1: Accessible Education
Additional Objective (optional): Engaged 1: Engage Students
Student Success 1: Academic Success: Without early opportunities to develop key skills in communication, research/evaluation within the discipline, and foundations for inquiry and critical thinking, students will not be positioned to implement their own projects later on. Program curricula that explicitly address IBL-related skills enhance student chances for success in later courses and in launching their own projects.
Inclusive 1: Accessible Education: Under-represented and first-generation students are more likely to struggle with the idea of doing UR or IBL activities on their own. By promoting development of foundational IBL skills early in the major program and following up in later courses, students develop confidence in their capabilities and see examples of success by other students.
Engaged 1: Engage Students: In-class utilization of UR and IBL related activities from the beginning of a program or major promote student active involvement in the discipline, encourage active interaction with peers and the professor, and prepare students for successful implementation of later projects in capstones, individual, or team-based work.
Assessment Indicator Name: Assessing Expanded Opportunities and Recognition
Assessed Objective: Expand UR and IBL Opportunities and Recognition
Rationale: By establishing baseline numbers and charting growth in each area, we will be able to measure the effectiveness of our efforts at creating UR and IBL opportunities for students.
Data Year: 2018
Results: Forthcoming
Assessment Indicator Name: Assessing the Environment of UR and IBL
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Assessed Objective: Foster an Environment of UR and IBL
Rationale: If the environment for UR and IBL is improving, we should see increases across all these measures. Each of these are measurable and will give insight to current UR and IBL activities at UVU.
Data Year: 2018
Results: Forthcoming
Assessment Indicator Name: Assessing UR and IBL in the Curriculum
Assessed Objective: Advocate for UR and IBL in the Curriculum
Rationale: Measuring financial support for curricular changes related to UR or IBL is an indirect indicator of UR and IBL being included in courses and degree programs. Curriculum maps are a direct indicator of UR and IBL being included in courses and degree programs.
Data Year: 2018
Results: Forthcoming
Overall State of Achievement: We are collecting baseline data during the 2018-2019 academic year.
Mission Rating: Satisfactory
Objective Expand UR and IBL Opportunities Rating: Unsatisfactory
Objective Foster an Environment of UR and IBL Rating: Unsatisfactory
Objective Advocate for UR and IBL in the Curriculum Rating: Unsatisfactory
Quality Improvement Initiative Name: Improving the Quality of UR and IBL Opportunities and Recognition
Problem Statement: Students often don’t realize that they can participate in UR or IBL, or don’t know who to talk to or how to get started. By demonstrating successful student activity with UR and IBL, we hope to provide role models and examples for students, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds.
Rationale: These activities directly support expanding student opportunities and recognition related to UR and IBL by increasing access to them. Further, students who can see themselves in the role of UR or IBL practitioners are more likely to engage with it.
Resources: We will seek additional funds to create a student Showcase “Best of Research” award. We will also seek funds to allow the Student Spotlight on campus digital signage and in large posters at the Showcase.
Initiative Begin Year: 2018
Expected Initiative Completion Year: 2023
Action to Date: We have completed this Strategic Plan in order to make a PBA request for funds.
Assessment Plan: We will track the dollar amounts we receive to support this work.
Quality Improvement Initiative Name: Improving the Environment of UR and IBL
Problem Statement: If we can institute an institutional culture of UR and IBL, faculty will expect to incorporate them in their classrooms, thus students will also embrace this culture. UR and IBL are high-impact practices that can increase student success when implemented well.
Rationale: These activities directly support expanding student opportunities related to UR and IBL by increasing access to them. Further, students who can see themselves in the role of UR or IBL practitioners are more likely to engage with it.
Resources: We will seek additional funds to support the Mentoring Academy, Learning Circles, CUR Institute attendance and/or hosting a CUR Institute at UVU.
Initiative Begin Year: 2018
Expected Initiative Completion Year: 2023
Action to Date: We have completed this Strategic Plan in order to make a PBA request for funds.
Assessment Plan: We will track the dollar amounts we receive to support this work.
Quality Improvement Initiative Name: Improving Presence of UR and IBL in the Curriculum
Problem Statement: By formalizing UR and IBL in curricula across campus, it will increase student exposure to these high-impact practices.
Rationale: Providing faculty with funds to support curricular changes will lead to increased UR and IBL courses at UVU. Further, we can support faculty and departments with including UR and IBL in the curriculum by providing assistance in curriculum mapping.
Resources: We will seek additional funds to support the SCULPT Summer Institute.
Initiative Begin Year: 2018
Expected Initiative Completion Year: 2023
Action to Date: We have completed this strategic plan in order to make a PBA request for funds.
Assessment Plan: We will track the dollar amounts we receive to support this work.
WE ARE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION BECAUSE WE DO NOT YET HAVE A PERMANENT BUDGET. Previous operating funds were received through at Title III grant which is ending this year.
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WE ARE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THIS SECTION BECAUSE WE DO NOT YET HAVE A PERMANENT BUDGET. Previous operating funds were received through at Title III grant which is ending this year.
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