What is the Consortium for Learning and Scholarship

The Consortium for Learning and Scholarship is a strategic alliance among three key campus-wide centers at IUPUI: the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Center for Research and Learning and the Center for Service and Learning. Individually, each center provides leadership and support to the campus community based upon its individual mission statements and goals. Collectively, the member centers of the Consortium for Learning and Scholarship work to advance and implement the campus goals for excellence in teaching and learning; excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity; and excellence in professional service and civic engagement.

Mission

The mission of the Consortium for Learning and Scholarship is to work with the campus to further campus-wide programs and activities directly related to IUPUI’s urban mission, which will result in increased student learning and success and faculty scholarship. The goal of the Consortium for Learning and Scholarship is to improve teaching, research, service and learning by providing leadership and support for:

• experiential learning (e.g., undergraduate research, service learning, internships, international and cross-cultural experiences),  
• faculty work that draws on and/or addresses urban issues in teaching, research, and service,
• activities that promote and foster an inclusive campus climate.

What specific programs and activities are sponsored by the Consortium

The consortium sponsors several integrated programs and activities, which enhance campus interest in engaging more fully in our urban community. Currently, these include the Plater Institute on the Future of Learning, implementation and support of experiential learning in the undergraduate curriculum, Faculty Communities of Practice and other activities directly aimed at creating intentional links between faculty teaching, research, and service activities and the city of Indianapolis.