High Impact Practices in Graduate Education: Examples from a Program Evaluation Curriculum

Abstract

Educators strive to develop and implement high impact educational experiences, which are critical to ensuring university courses and curricula serve as memorable and transferable learning experiences for students. It is not clear, however, which experiences are exceptional from a student perspective, or what kinds of illustrative examples exist in applied disciplines. In this chapter, we ground our discussion of high impact educational experiences in the field of program evaluation, contextualize it as organized at the University of Minnesota, describe three experiences that have been repeatedly described as impactful by students, and engage in a collective dialogue as teachers and learners.

Citation

LaVelle, J.M., Sarode, T. and Dighe, S. (2023), "High Impact Practices in Graduate Education: Examples from a Program Evaluation Curriculum", Sengupta, E. (Ed.) High Impact Practices in Higher Education: International Perspectives (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 51), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 187-205. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120230000051011