IEP 5-Year Renewal

What is the IEP 5-Year Renewal?

The objective of the IEP 5-Year Renewal process is to reaffirm the institution’s commitment to economic engagement, to ensure that their Growth and Improvement Plan and their economic engagement enterprise is consistent with current conditions and goals, and to ensure that the IEP designation continues to serve as a mark of excellence that distinguishes IEP universities.

Every five years from either the institution’s original designation or most recent 5-Year Renewal Application with a New Growth & Improvement Plan, the IEP Designee will apply for a renewal of the designation for an additional five years.

Post IEP Designation

Once designated as an IEP university, institutions continue to participate in the community of practice. The optional annual designee engagement opportunities include identifying goals for the coming year, presenting at the IEP annual summit, and writing an annual reflection memo that summarizes the institution’s accomplishments for the year and sets goals for the coming year. Members may also author blog posts, compete for awards, and offer webinars to the IEP community as part of their engagement within the community of practice.

The goal of the IEP Designee community is to increase the value of the IEP Designation by:

Advancing the understanding and practice of effective economic and community engagement
Providing peer support to the IEP Community
Ensuring that the IEP Designation maintains its value as a mark of excellence – a signal of an institution’s continued commitment to effective economic engagement
Communicating the value of university economic engagement, specifically, the value of IEP Designation