The Intersection of High-Impact Practices: What's Next for Higher Education? - Hardcover

by Shauna Reilly (Author), Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh (Author)

The Intersection of High-Impact Practices: What's Next for Higher Education? examines high-impact practices and their impacts individually and collectively to demonstrate the added value of connecting high-impact practices. The research presented by Drs. Reilly and Turnbaugh-Langley illustrates that student success is not just a function of participation in one or many high-impact practices, but rather the order, timing, and interaction of these practices that yields the highest impact. These chapters discuss various high-impact practices such as study abroad experiences, student research initiatives, and internships to explore how these kinds of activities augment and enrich the success of students. The authors also speculate on where schools could increase the funding for these high-impact practices to maximize the institution's return on investment. Ultimately, this book strongly advocates for not only the benefits of high-impact practices, but making sure students have multiple experiences with them.

Author Biography

Shauna Reilly is director of the Institute for Student Research and Creative Activity at Northern Kentucky University.
Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh is vice provost for graduate education, research and outreach at Northern Kentucky University.