What really makes a ‘high-impact’ practice high impact?

Posted on May 11th, 2018

To realize the benefits of high-impact practices, it is critical to focus on the institutional context and quality of design and implementation says George D. Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, and Jillian Kinzie, associate director of the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research. High-impact practices (HIP) include activities such as community-based learning, internships, and global learning. “Simply offering and labeling an activity an HIP does not necessarily guarantee that students who participate in it will benefit,” they write.

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/05/01/kuh-and-kinzie-respond-essay-questioning-high-impact-practices-opinion