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Learning Through Partnership: Reflections on Teaching, Power, and Student Engagement  

This is the second post in our three-part series reflecting on our student-faculty partnership. As described in prior literature, our partnership focused predominately on process-oriented questions related to pedagogy and classroom experiences, and not product-oriented changes to the course or curricula (Felten and Kupatadze 2026). This post…

My goal in participating was to see ‘the behind the scenes’ of pedagogical decisions…”

What Does it Mean to Partner with Students? An Introduction

In higher education, meaningful learning is based in supportive relationships, having courage to develop together, and contributing to a sense of shared growth. We the authors recently engaged in student-faculty partnerships in a lifespan development course focused on systemic racism…

"Only once we acknowledge that uncertainty exists can we move on to making the best decisions we can in spite of that fact." - Cora Wigger

Pedagogy of Uncertainty 

In the pilot survey of undergraduate students’ views and values about data with my colleagues Drs. Kleintop, Carew, and Healy, I snuck in a question that I was particularly excited to see the results for. In this survey, students across five undergraduate courses…

"Considering students' perspectives on GenAI and on teaching and learning should assist faculty with addressing the availability of this technology in higher education." -Aaron Trocki

Students’ Perspectives on GenAI in Higher Education: Research Seminar Reflections, Part 1 

In early July, the leadership team for the research seminar on Rethinking Engaged Learning in the Age of GenAI hosted the first of three summer meetings for seminar participants. Three CEL Student Scholars serve on our leadership team, and they have been integral to planning and delivering the July seminar meeting, which focused on helping multi-institutional teams plan three-year Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)…

Photo of Claire Woodley on a bridge with quote text: "Meaningful learning doesn't happen because students travel—it happens because travel creates conditions for growth and curiosity."

Finding Purpose Through Global Learning

“Hello, my name is Claire. I got my bachelor’s degree in business management from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Now I am back in my home state of North Carolina in the Master of Arts in Higher Education (MHE) program at Elon University. My…