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…
August 6, 2019Study Abroad: A Critical Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Issueby Buffie Longmire-AvitalAs of the 2016-2017 academic year, approximately 1.6 percent of students enrolled in a post-secondary institution in the U.S. have completed a study abroad program (NAFSA 2019). Despite the steady gains in study abroad engagement, disparities in racial and ethnic…
July 31, 2019Maturation of Intercultural Competence in Pedagogy and Assessmentby Michael Carignan There is a rare convergence between institutions of higher ed and employers of new graduates who are aligned in their perceptions that, among other things, a college education ought to contribute to students’ intercultural abilities (e.g., British…
January 24, 2019More Bang for the Buck: Concurrently Engaging Students in Multiple High Impact Practicesby Eric Hall This past fall I had the opportunity to attend and present with multiple colleagues at The Forum on Education Abroad European Conference and the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference about undergraduate…
January 22, 2018Integrating Off-Campus Global Learning with the University ExperienceAssociation of American Colleges and Universities 2018 Meeting | Washington, D.C. | January 25, 2018 | 4:15 – 5:30 PM Speakers: Jessie L. Moore (jmoore28@elon.edu), Director, Center for Engaged Learning, Elon University Amanda Sturgill, Associate Professor of Communications, Elon University Katia…
June 15, 2017Reflections on Higher Impact Study AwayDawn Whitehead (AAC&U) presented the closing keynote at the Center for Engaged Learning Symposium on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience: Higher Impact Study Abroad and Off-Campus Domestic Study on June 12, 2017. Watch her talk here: How to…
June 6, 2017The Globality of Global Learning: Reflections from a Recent AAC&U Conferenceby Matthew Buckmaster and Nina Namaste The 2016 AAC&U Global Learning Conference in Denver, Colorado, last October, provided multiple opportunities to see how the CEL Seminar on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience is in conversation with broader global learning research….
April 12, 2017How confident are we in what we know about global learning?by Nina Namaste As part of the second meeting of the Center’s research seminar on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience, CEL director Jessie Moore led the participants and co-leaders through an activity similar to Stephen Brookfield’s Truth Statements…
February 27, 2017Registration is OpenRegistration is now open for the Center for Engaged Learning Symposium on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience: Higher-Impact Study Abroad and Off-Campus Domestic Study. The symposium, which will be held June 11-12, 2017, at Elon University features a keynote…
February 14, 2017“And the work continues…”: Studying Study Awayby Nina Namaste Summer Two of the Center’s 2015-2017 research seminar on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience: Higher-Impact Study Abroad and Off-Campus Domestic Study offered participants the time, place, and space to reconvene after a year of data collection….