Inside Higher Ed recently reviewed The Undergraduate Experience: Focusing Institutions on What Matters Most, a new book by the Center’s Executive Director Peter Felten and co-authors John Gardner (John N. Gardner Institute), Charles Schroeder (former vice chancellor for student affairs…

by Amanda Sturgill As I am teaching in Costa Rica this term, one thing I notice in the classrooms at the partner university is how much the women outnumber the men. This imbalance exemplifies a national trend. An Institute of…

Betsy Barefoot (John N. Gardner Institute), Peter Felten (Elon University), John Gardner (John N. Gardner Institute), Leo Lambert (Elon University), and Charles Schroeder (Higher Education Consultant) discuss what matters most in the Undergraduate Experience: This video was produced by the…

by Jessie L. Moore In January I posited that four productive disruptions (scaling access, building partnerships, thinking globally locally, and closing the loop with the scholarship of teaching and learning) can foster creative problem-solving about learning initiatives on our campuses. In this post, I…

by Susannah McGowan Recently, I facilitated a workshop on student learning referencing the Freeman et. al. paper on Active Learning in Math, Science and Engineering. Briefly, the Freeman et. al. paper from the National Academy of Sciences embarked on a…

Hundreds of thousands of students study abroad and in off-campus domestic study for academic credit each year, and many universities identify these experiences as high-impact practices that augment on-campus global learning. Although a solid body of research has investigated the…

by Jessie L. Moore Last month I posited that four productive disruptions (scaling access, building partnerships, thinking globally locally, and closing the loop with the scholarship of teaching and learning) can foster creative problem-solving about learning initiatives on our campuses. In this post, I…

We asked scholars in the Center for Engaged Learning research seminar on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience to compare Global Learning to other forms of learning: The scholars note that context of learning matters when educators engage students in…

When you research Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience, one of scholars‘ first challenges is understanding what we collectively mean by “global learning.” We asked participants in the Center’s Integrating Global Learning research seminar to share how the term is…

by Jessie L. Moore Last week I posited that four productive disruptions (scaling access, building partnerships, thinking globally locally, and closing the loop with the scholarship of teaching and learning) can put pressure on our understanding of engaged learning and our…