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GENERAL INFORMATION 47
diversity and provide a global perspective, the arts, and
in the nursing and health professions.
IU South Bend supports development of campus residential
and student life programs and activities that promote a
university community where students, living and learning
together, have a wide range of opportunities to experience
academic, cultural, and social growth. Students are also
encouraged to reach beyond campus boundaries to become
engaged in internships, civic programs, volunteer services,
and classroom consultation projects.
The IU South Bend faculty is committed to teaching that
engages students in the joy of researching and expanding
the knowledge base of their academic area. The university
especially values research activity as a vehicle for active
learning. IU South Bend students are actively involved in
group and individual research projects and field studies;
collaborative faculty-student research; faculty guided
independent study; and experiential, service learning
projects and internships.
Excellence in Academic
Programs
Distinctiveness in Degree Offerings
Since its founding, IU South Bend has provided strong
programs in the liberal arts and sciences complemented
by professional education responsive to community
needs. IU South Bend trains the majority of the region’s
teachers and many of its civic and business leaders.
The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts is home to
acclaimed programs in music, sculpture, and the fine
and performing arts that attract world-class faculty
and talented students. The combination of cuttingedge
clinical facilities, faculty preparation, and unique
curricular offerings at IU South Bend offers opportunities
for students of nursing and the health professions
from across the state to access a distinct educational
experience.
Distinctiveness in Faculty-Student
Collaboration
Because of its student-to-faculty ratio (15:1) and small
class size, IU South Bend is uniquely able to provide
active and collaborative partnerships between students
and faculty in the classroom, in the laboratory, and in
the field.
Distinctiveness in Enhancing
Diversity and a Global Perspective
A growing population of underrepresented and
international students, supported by a wide array of
programs, provides an important dimension to a campus
community committed to understanding diversity and
world cultures.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action
Administration Building 247A
(574) 520-4384
www.iusb.edu/~aaoffice
Indiana University pledges itself to continue its
commitment to the achievement of equal opportunity
within the university and throughout American society
as a whole. In this regard, Indiana University will
recruit, hire, promote, educate, and provides services
to persons based upon their individual qualifications.
Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on
arbitrary considerations of such characteristics as age,
color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity,
marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual
orientation, or veteran status.
Indiana University shall take affirmative action, positive
and extraordinary, to overcome the discriminatory
effects of traditional policies and procedures with
regard to the disabled, minorities, women, and
veterans.
ACCREDITATION
IU South Bend is accredited
for its undergraduate and
graduate programs by the
Higher Learning Commission
and is a member of the North
Central Association (NCA),
230 S. LaSalle Street, Suite
7-500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (800) 621-7440.
The Higher Learning Commission is a voluntary
certification agency made up of member institutions in
19 states. Its credentials are accepted on an equal basis
by similar agencies in other parts of the United States
and in foreign countries.
The following academic programs are additionally
accredited by national agencies and organizations
pertinent to their respective disciplines:
School of Business and Economics
The School of Business and Economics is accredited
by AACSB International—The Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business, 777 S. Harbour Island
Boulevard, Suite 750, Tampa, Florida 33602-5730, (813)
769-6500.
School of Education
The School of Education is accredited by the National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE), 2010 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Suite
500, Washington, D.C. 20036-1018, (202) 466-7496.
The Indiana Department of Education Division of
Professional Standards has approved all IU South Bend
teacher education programs.