2011 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success

June 14-18, 2011
The University of Vermont
Dudley H. Davis Center
Burlington, Vermont

About the Institute

The Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success—formerly the Greater Expectations Institute—is designed to help campuses develop high-impact practices, activities, and strategies that are engaging to students and effective at improving both persistence and achievement of essential learning outcomes.  Foregrounding the success of students who have historically been underserved, the program is attentive to the nation’s evolving demographic, to diversity, equity, and quality of learning. The curriculum reflects the latest research on practices that help all students to complete their degrees—connecting high-impact learning intentionally to student success. It builds on research suggesting that underserved students benefit even more than do traditionally advantaged students when they participate in high-impact practices.

The institute is designed for campus practitioners—faculty, student affairs professionals, institutional leaders—addressing the challenge of leading for change in an era of austerity. It offers innovative models for program implementation and assessment. The program will be of particular interest to campus-wide, cross-functional teams working on institution-wide curricular or programmatic change, assessment of new or existing programs or practices, or development of effective institutional collaborations. The institute is also ideal for teams working on accreditation or for state-wide, state-system, or regional collaborative teams.

Program

2011 HIPs Program (PDF—244 KB)

Institute Tracks

The 2011 Institute provides in-depth study, analysis, and resources in four tracks:

• High-Impact Practices, connecting high-quality teaching and learning to student success; and focusing on high-impact practices, activities, and strategies that benefit students historically underserved
• Leadership Development to address transformational change for student success and make excellence inclusive
• Designs for Learning that emphasize liberal education outcomes, collaborations across academic affairs and student affairs, and integrative learning; serve all communities in higher education; and use innovative models of campus implementation and assessment
• Useful Evidence about the latest research on practices that work for all students; attention to cost effectiveness and efficiency, and degree attainment

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Contact Ashley Heiber at 202-387-3760 ext. 407 or heiber@aacu.org with questions about the Institute.