Transcript High-Impact Practices

High-Impact Practices
What are they? What makes them effective?
How can we help?
Definition
 “an investment of time and energy over an
extended period that has unusually positive
effects on student engagement in
educationally purposeful behavior.”
 George D. Kuh, “Foreward,” Five High-Impact
Practices: Research on Learning Outcomes,
Completion, and Quality by Jayne E. Brownell and Lynn
E. Swaner, AAC&U, 2010
Identified through research:
 First-year experiences
 Undergraduate research
 Common intellectual
 Diversity/global learning
experiences
 Learning communities
 Writing-intensive
courses
 Collaborative
assignments and
projects
 Service learning
 Community-based
learning
 Internships
 Capstone courses and
projects
High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are Who Has Access to Them and Why They Matter by George D.
Kuh (AAC&U 2008)
Follow-up study: Five High-Impact Practices: Research on Learning Outcomes, Completion, and Quality, by Jayne E.
Brownell and Lynn E. Swaner
CALT has copies of both publications
What do they need to work?
 Require purposeful effort
 Build relationships
 Engage across differences
 Provide rich feedback
 Apply learning
 Encourage reflection
For whom do they work?
 Most students benefit
 Benefits can be dramatic
 Historically underserved benefit most
 One size does not fit all (no single HIP will
work for ALL students)
Do they matter?
Graduation Rates by Ethnicity
and participation in HighImpact Practices
55%
gap
17
38%
0
0
Latino/a
not Latino/a
Do they matter?
Graduation Rates by Ethnicity
and participation in HighImpact Practices
63%
55%
49%
gap
14
38%
0
1
Latino/a
0
1
not Latino/a
Do they matter?
Graduation Rates by Ethnicity
and participation in HighImpact Practices
68%
65%
63%
55%
49%
gap
3
38%
0
1
2
Latino/a
0
1
2
not Latino/a
Do they matter?
Source: CSU Northridge
Institutional Research
August, 2010
Graduation Rates by Ethnicity
and participation in HighImpact Practices
73%
68%
65%
69%
63%
55%
49%
gap
-4
38%
0
1
2
Latino/a
3+
0
1
2
3+
not Latino/a
Do they matter?
High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are Who Has Access to Them
and Why They Matter by George D. Kuh (AAC&U 2008)
Do they matter?
High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are Who Has Access to Them
and Why They Matter by George D. Kuh (AAC&U 2008)
Do they matter?
High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are Who Has Access to Them
and Why They Matter by George D. Kuh (AAC&U 2008)
Barriers to offering them
 Institutionalization:
 Most likely to miss historically underserved
groups
 Kuh recommends committing to reach every
student at least twice
 Within the first year
 Junior or senior year connected to the major
 Expense:
 Time commitment
 Lack of support
How can we help?
 Foster collaborations
 Promoting HIPs to students
 Assist with design of a HIP
 Explore alternative practices
 Develop current HIP practices
 Help with policies
 Help with assessing