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Six Steps to Scaling Experiential Learning Across Campus
Virginia Commonwealth University outlines the framework they’re following to achieve 100% student participation in experiential learning.
Download this ebook to learn about:
- Achieving 100% EL student participation
- Auditing current EL opportunities
- Uniting EL stakeholders across campus
- Filling participation gaps
Ensuring Every Learner Has the Opportunity to Participate in the High-Impact Practices that Matter Most
Improved retention, engagement, graduation rates, career preparation, and student satisfaction. These are the effects of experiential learning – and they’ve been researched and reviewed.1
Internships, mentored research, project-based learning and other High-Impact Practices are a win-win for students and institutions. But student participation is far from universal – and more so among the traditionally underserved. Consider internships, for example. Only 49% of continuing generation seniors report participating in one. And their first-generation peers? Even lower at 35%.2
However, at Virginia Commonwealth University, the script has been flipped. On track to achieve 100% student participation in experiential learning with currently enrolled undergraduate cohorts, VCU is an outlier. And a model other universities can follow.
VCU’s strategic approach is outlined in this ebook, Six Steps to Scaling Experiential Learning Across Campus.
References
- Chittum, J. R., Enke, K. A. E., & Finley, A. P. (2022). The effects of community-based and civic engagement in higher education. American Association of Colleges & Universities. Retrieved from www.aacu.org/research/the-effects-of-community-based-engagement-in-higher-education; Finley, A., & McNair, T. (2013). Assessing underserved students’ engagement in high-impact practices. Association of American Colleges & Universities. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED582014.pdf; Kuh, et al. (2013); Kuh, G. D. (2008). High-impact educational practices. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Retrieved from www.aacu.org/publication/high-impact-educational-practices-what-they-are-who-has-access-to-them-and-why-they-matter.
- Leigh, E. (2021, December 8). Understanding undergraduates’ career preparation experiences. Strada Education. Retrieved from https://cci.stradaeducation.org/pv-release-dec-8-2021/.
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