The Center for Engaged Learning brings together international leaders in higher education to develop and to synthesize rigorous research on central questions about student learning.

Researchers have identified “high-impact” educational practices – active learning, study abroad, undergraduate research, internships, service-learning, writing-intensive courses, living-learning communities, and so on. However, while we know what effective practices are, we could know much more about three essential issues: (1) how to do these practices well and in diverse contexts, (2) how to scale these practices equitably to all students, and (3) how students integrate their learning across multiple high impact experiences.

The Center for Engaged Learning: fosters investigations of these and related questions; hosts multi-institutional research and practice-based initiatives, conferences, and seminars; and shares related resources for faculty and faculty developers on high-impact practices for engaged learning.

The Center for Engaged Learning was launched in 2012 as part of Elon University’s strategic plan, The Elon Commitment.