Board of Directors

Scott Evenbeck

Dean, University College, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis

Scott E. Evenbeck is Professor of Psychology and Dean of University College at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). He joined the faculty at IUPUI in psychology in 1972, after completing his Ph.D. degree in psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Evenbeck has been involved for many years in the design and assessment of general education, including the development, ongoing implementation, and assessment of IUPUI’s outcomes for student learning. He has also played a major role in various P-16 initiatives to support student academic achievement and in retention initiatives for Indiana higher education. He has given over 100 presentations on serving entering students and many articles and chapters on enhancing student academic achievement and persistence. He represented IUPUI in the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Greater Expectations project and has served as a Task Force Advisor in the Foundations of Excellence in the First College Year. Evenbeck also serves as a resource faculty member at the Summer Quality Academy and as a consultant to several campuses in the BEAMS project. He served on the Advisory Board for the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. Evenbeck serves on the faculty for the Summer Institute on Learning Communities with the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education and on accreditation teams for three regional associations.