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
- Diversity and global learning in courses or programs that examine “difficult differences”
- Service – or community-based learning
- Internships
- Capstone courses and projects
Student Benefit
These practices benefit students by:
- stimulating intellectually-engaging and educationally-effective curricula
- providing active learning opportunities for students
- deepending student learning and engagement in classroom content
- raising levels of performance, retention, and success for all learners
Further Reading
- Association of American Colleges and Universities
- Chart of Higher Impact Educational Practices (AACU)
- High-Impact Practices: Applying the Learning Outcomes Literature to the Development of Successful Campus Programs
Updated August 21, 2018
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