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In addition to the different colleges at IUP, the Division of Academic Affairs also oversees the following offices and programs:
The University College was created to strengthen IUP’s tradition of promoting student success. The entire campus can utilize the University College staff and faculty to help students navigate their way through the wealth of academic services and resources available to them.
The Career and Professional Development Center offers a vast array of services to help students become more confident in their professional development and networking abilities so they can make informed decisions about career opportunities.
The Center for Teaching Excellence seeks to provide constructive and developmental mechanisms for nurturing the excellence in teaching which already exists at IUP.
IT Services provides support to students, faculty, and support staff for the centralized computing environment at IUP.
All students must fulfill the requirements of the university's core curriculum, also known as the Liberal Studies Program.
The Office of International Education assists more than 800 international students from 60 different countries during their stay at IUP and helps more than 250 students a year find education abroad.
The Registrar's Office oversees student records, class scheduling, and policies as they pertain to the student academic experience.
Freedom of speech is not only an important individual right, it's essential to a healthy democracy and absolutely vital to the core mission of the university.
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, students or faculty planning summer field experiences must submit one of the following documents in advance:
For official IUP field courses or any international travel, submit the IUP Travel Petition for Mission Critical Activities to the vice president of your division. For personnel in Academic Affairs, the petition form should be submitted to Executive Coordinator Holly Olexo (olexo@iup.edu).
For internships, clinical placements, student teaching, individual student field research, or joint student-faculty field research, submit the Learning Experiences Exemption Request Form. Exemption requests should be submitted to Karen Rose Cercone (kcercone@iup.edu).
Accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education is one of the vitally important ways IUP serves students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community.
Information on university accreditation, specialized program accreditations, and five-year program reviews.
IUP's Electronic Curriculum Repository provides access to information regarding all curriculum proposals and changes.
Guidelines, policies, procedures, and forms for faculty applying for promotion, sabbatical, or tenure.
Information and contacts regarding the assessment of student learning at both the program and university-wide level
The Inspire process will evaluate all IUP programs to determine where innovation and redesign are most needed, and also consider ideas for institutional change that could extend beyond the boundaries of a single program, college, or division.