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Recommendations for Improved Academic Engagement

  • Promote cohort-based learning where peers can take multiple courses together and have opportunities to foster relationships and collaborate.
  • Embed community-based projects within courses (i.e., service-learning).
  • Support students participating in faculty-led research projects for deeper learning.
  • Offer senior year experiences such as capstone courses or comprehensive evaluations to provide diverse learning methods for students.
  • Offer experiential learning opportunities such as internships, co-ops, field experience, student teaching, and/or clinical placements to improve academic engagement.
  • Support study abroad programs to provide students with novel perspectives and different learning environments to pique interest.
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