In the fall of 2015, IU Indianapolis was selected as one of twelve institutions from across the country to participate in a Comprehensive Students Records project. The Registrar and Admissions Officer Professional Organization (AACRAO) along with the Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education organization (NASPA) partnered with the Lumina Foundation to coordinate the project. The goal of this project was to create a new record that provides a means for students to share what they've learned with others.
The IU Indianapolis Experiential and Applied Learning Record (the "Record") has now been designed and is available to recognize valuable, assessed, and validated student learning experiences. While the official Indiana University transcript continues to record faculty curriculum, grades and degree requirements, the new record will reflect in a validated and meaningful way learning that occurs among various achievement categories (Diversity, Global Engagement, Internships/Career Development, Leadership, Research, Service, and Creative Expression).
For example, IU Indianapolis is well-known for its community engagement. Many IU Indianapolis students have significant, meaningful experiences in the community and participate in rigorous reflection and learning assessment. Those experiences are now documented and verified by the campus. The Record will provide students and potential employers with a much-needed record of overall, assessed student learning while also providing students with a better tool to articulate their learning. Employers are seeking this type of record, verified by the campus, and IU Indianapolis is now ready to provide this to our students.
See examples of the Record:
To submit your experience for consideration, please complete the Request for Addition of Experience to IU Indianapolis’s Experiential and Applied Learning Record and email to nhaH moT. This document will prompt you for information about the experience, reflection activities, and assessment. The subcommittee will review your responses and determine if it meets the criteria for inclusion on the record.
If you have questions, please email nhaH moT.
Example of Request for Addition of Experience
Helpful information about the Profiles
