The Question of the Month is BACK!!!

On January 17, 2017, in UWindsor, by Elizabeth Ismail

Hello UWindsor!

The Provost’s Question of the Month – for this month’s chance at that luxurious, stylish hoodie – is about “high-impact practices”: 

High-Impact Practices are educational activities that inspire deep involvement and create meaningful collaboration and interaction with others.  Things like:

  • Being part of a learning community or some other formal program where groups of students take two or more classes together
  • Taking courses that include a community-based project (service-learning)
  • Working with a faculty member on a research project
  • Internships, co-ops, field experiences, student teaching, or clinical placements
  • Studying abroad
  • Undertaking a culminating senior experience (like capstone courses, senior project or thesis, comprehensive exam, portfolio, etc.)

(See http://nsse.indiana.edu/html/high_impact_practices.cfm).

 

How many of the above high-impact practices have you participated in while at the University of Windsor, and which have been the most engaging and rewarding? Why?   

Email your response to vpacademic@uwindsor.ca
Deadline:  January 31, 2017

 

Why are we asking? 

In the next few months, UWindsor  students will take part in the National  Survey of Student Engagement, or  NSSE (pronounced “Nessie”), which invites  first-year and final-year students to comment on their undergraduate experience, including  involvement in HIPs. We use the information from NSSE to improve all aspects of students’ campus life and learning. Consider this the warm-up event!

The last time UWindsor participated in NSSE, a whopping 78% of responding fourth-year students had taken part in an HIP — we’d love to know more about what you get out of HIPs!

Stay tuned for more information about the NSSE survey, and about incentives for participating. The more we learn from you, the more we can do to foster your engagement and your success, both personal and academic.

 

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