High Impact Educational Practices
According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities (following the work of George Kuh in High-Impact Educational Practices), a number of educational experiences are conducive to high-impact learning, including:
- First-year seminars and experiences
- Common intellectual experiences (such as the core curriculum)
- Learning communities
- Writing-intensive courses
- Collaborative assignments and projects
- Undergraduate research
- Internships
- Diversity and global learning in courses or programs that examine “difficult differences”
- Capstone courses and projects
Student Benefit
Stimulating Intellectually-Engaging and Educationally-Effective curricula.
Providing Active Learning Opportunities for students.
Deepening student Learning and Engagement in classroom content.
Raising levels of Performance, Retention, and Success for all learners