July 31, 2018Starting a Conversation about High-impact Practices Onlineby Katie Linder and Chrysanthemum Mattison HayesAs institutions of higher education focus more and more of their attention on student success initiatives, interventions to impact student retention, and increased graduation rates, we have all been challenged to develop innovative ways to nurture and enhance student success….
July 26, 2018The High Impact of Engaging Race Consciously by Buffie Longmire-AvitalFor over a decade, Kuh’s (2008) work on the critical importance of engaged learning has shaped the undergraduate college and university experience. Taking part in at least one engaged learning practice, dubbed “High Impact Practices,” at some point during a…
July 24, 2018Reflections on the benefits of student-faculty partnershipsby Lucia Maribel Craige, Erin Jenkins, and Ketevan KupatadzeIn this blog post we continue reflecting on our experience with student-faculty partnership on course (re)design. Here we will be responding to two reflective questions: Student-faculty partnership is a relatively new concept for faculty and for students. Those of us…
July 19, 2018The heart of engaged learning: What students do and thinkby Peter FeltenHerbert Simon, one of the most influential American academics of the 20th century, succinctly described the micro-level of student engagement: “Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher…
July 17, 2018Reflections on our experiences with partnership on course (re)designby Lucia Maribel Craige, Erin Jenkins, and Ketevan KupatadzeFollowing our recent experience with student-faculty partnership on course (re)design, we offer some thoughts on the process, its purpose, its benefits, and some of the risks involved. Throughout several future blog posts, we – Lucia, Erin, and Ketevan – reflect…
July 12, 2018The Critical Space of Underrepresented Minority Studentsby Buffie Longmire-AvitalIn the fall of 2015 protests erupted on many of the Nation’s elite and flagship public universities. When I think about this tumultuous time on college campuses, I immediately remember the picture of two collegiate Black males from the University…
July 11, 2018June 2019 Conference on Residential Learning CommunitiesThe Center for Engaged Learning is excited to host the Conference on Residential Learning Communities as a High Impact Practice, June 16-17, 2019, at Elon University in North Carolina. Dr. Karen Inkelas, co-author of Living-Learning Communities That Work: A Research-Based Model for Design,…
July 5, 2018Partnership with students: an example and lessons learnedby Ketevan KupatadzeTo put words into action, this past semester (spring of 2018) I decided to partner with students to design and redesign courses that I will be teaching next academic year. I chose two very different courses: a first-year honors course…