December 8, 2022Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Global Contextsby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 14 This week’s episode features an article from the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching and explores how faculty and staff support learning and development when they mentor undergraduate research in global contexts: Cruz, Laura, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Amy L….
May 10, 2022Ableism in Academia: Study Abroad Experiencesby Caroline J. KetchamOne of the hallmark high-impact practices is engagement in diversity (AAC&U). Many campuses equate this to their study abroad experiences, which could be short-term, semester long, or combination programs. On our campus, Elon University, we have a high level of…
February 25, 2021Immersion, High-Impact Practices, and the Power of Combinationsby Phillip MotleyWe can thank George Kuh and colleagues at the Association of American Colleges & Universities for initially proposing the idea of “high-impact practices” (HIPs) as exemplar components of a college student’s learning experience in the AA&U publication, High-Impact Educational Practices: What…
August 24, 2020Designing Online or Hybrid/Flex Study Away ExperiencesIn response to shifts to online learning due to COVID-19 in spring 2020 and in anticipation of alternate models for higher education in fall 2020 and beyond, we have curated publications and online resources that can help inform programmatic and…
May 20, 2020Mind the Gap – Webinar SeriesThe Center for Engaged Learning is pleased to host a free webinar series to support conversations about Mind the Gap: Global Learning at Home and Abroad, which showcases recent, multi-institutional research related to global learning. The webinar series features the collection editors and…
December 17, 2019Establishing Equity in Study Abroad Experiences: Three Recommendationsby Buffie Longmire-AvitalStudy abroad is still a high impact practice (HIP) with massive racial and ethnic disparities in participation rates and destinations. According, to NAFSA data, nearly 71% of students who study abroad identify themselves as white and 54% of study abroad…
November 5, 2019The Intersectional Context of Black Women Studying Abroadby Buffie Longmire-AvitalIn considering the intersectional context of Black women studying abroad, Willis (2015) channels Maya Angelou who writes that the Black woman exists in a “tripartite crossfire of masculine privilege, white illogical hate, and Black lack of power.” Nearly 14 years…
September 17, 2019International Service-Learningby Phillip MotleyImagine a group of college students, under the guidance of a professor, working on a community-driven project where the lived experience of members of that community and the problems they would like to solve are the driving force behind the…
September 3, 2019“Where are you from?”: Studying Abroad while at the Intersections between an American and Racial Minority Statusby Buffie Longmire-AvitalIn my previous blog, I discussed the common barriers students (including my collegiate self) encounter when considering a study abroad experience. Although, there is a growing discourse around the effective steps to address these barriers, discussion about the potential obstacles…
August 29, 2019Global Learning and Partnershipby Sophia Abbot Last January, I took a class on Engaged Learning in Higher Education. I wrote a little bit about this class in my spring post on Partnership and Mentorship at Scale, but one thing I didn’t mention was…