This book emerges from the author's ongoing work as director of Elon University's Center for
Engaged Learning, where for the past decade, more than 200 scholars from over 120 post …

The future of liberal education in the United States, in its current form, is fraught but full of
possibility. Today's institutions are struggling to maintain viability, sustain revenue, and …

By participating in faculty-mentored undergraduate research in global (domestic and
international) contexts, students may integrate global learning, cultural humility, problem …

• The collaborations have explored issues of engaged learning, in and beyond the
classroom, and identified six key practices: building on students' prior knowledge and …

Mentoring is an important part of academic life, and is crucial in the relationship between
advisor and advisee. This essay lays out what characteristics are most important to …

The authors of this perspectives-based paper analyze the research process and results of
an undergraduate research (UR) partnership that involved both of us–an undergraduate …

Mentoring matters for student success. Mentoring promotes academic, social, personal,
cultural, and career-focused learning and development in intentional, sustained, and …

In The Privileged Poor—a recent study of 103 undergraduates at an elite, highly selective
institution—Harvard sociologist Anthony Jack (2019) relates an interview with a college …

How do you know which college is right for you? And what should you do during college to
make the most of your time there? In Doing College Right, dean of undergraduate studies …

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences and perceptions of traditional age
male college students that influence their persistence beyond the first year in college. This …