Can we review the differences among diversity, inclusion, and equity work? I think we should. In blogs written by Meg Bolger and Dr. Geraldine Cochran we are given tools to work through our understanding and often mistaken conflation of these…

by Sophia Abbot This past January and February, my colleague and I launched research exploring the ways students and faculty in partnership can experience disagreement in generative ways that ultimately enhance their partnered relationship along with the broader goals of…

by Ketevan Kupatadze Recently I was fortunate enough to have a conversation with Dr. Daniel Bernstein about his experience on partnering with students in the field of teaching and learning. In this blog, I summarize some of the most salient points…

There is no shortage of evidence celebrating the advantages of engaging in undergraduate research or its firm position as one of the 11 high-impact educational practices, such as the building of confidence and efficacy in students, being cited as the…

by Sophia Abbot As a former student partner in Bryn Mawr College’s Students as Learners and Teachers program (see: Kupatadze, 2018), when I began my professional staff position in educational development following graduation, I sought out students occupying similar in-between…

by Paula Rosinski At the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication, I heard a few speakers wonder if the research on knowledge generalization and transfer had given enough attention to the role rhetoric might play in such learning situations….

by Ketevan Kupatadze Student-faculty partnership as an institutional practice is an integral part of (higher) education systems and, in my opinion, essential for student-faculty partnership success. It is very difficult to engage in student-faculty partnership in an environment in which it is…

The Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University invites applications for the 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. The deadline to apply is November 12, 2018. Led by Julia Bleakney, Jessie L. Moore, and Paula Rosinski,…

For researchers seeking to understand more about the transfer of learning about writing beyond the university, former writing center consultants are important alumni to study. In their work in the writing center, undergraduate peer consultants have opportunities not just to…

The Elon University Poll, in collaboration with the Center for Engaged Learning, conducted a representative online survey of more than 4,000 Bachelor degree holders in the United States. The purpose of this survey was to study the extent of mentor…