(BNG 2023) Student and Faculty Experience with High-Impact Practices in Honors Curriculum

Aug-01-2023

The selectivity of university Honors Programs can lead to the uniform impression that each student should be seen as high achieving. This uniformity can lead to the oversimplification of the challenges students face and to a lack of consideration over how diverse student populations face specific social and institutional barriers to success. Research shows the incorporation of High Impact Practices (HIPs) in classes increase student retention and success, even as studies reveal that underserved students have less access to HIPs because of social or educational pressures. Working in an Honors Program at Texas AM-Corpus Christi, a Hispanic Serving Institution, this lack of accessibility is of concern, and we believe it to be a significant cause for our low retention and graduation rates. Through our grant, we created multiple surveys to gather data concerning the teaching effectiveness of HIPs and to identify barriers that students face completing the Honors curriculum.

Presented by : Michelle Evans and Kevin Concannon, Texas AM – Corpus Christi

(Slides) Student and Faculty Experience with High-Impact Practices in Honors Curriculum