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In George Kuh’s seminal AAC&U report (2008) on High-Impact Educational Practices, he identified ten teaching and learning practices which research has shown benefit students of many backgrounds. º£½ÇÖ±²¥s and universities have become more intentional in the methods and practices used to engage students in the learning process, thereby impacting student persistence and retention.  Kuh’s ten practices include:

• First-Year Seminar and Experiences
• Common Intellectual Experiences
• Learning Communities
• Writing-Intensive Courses
• Collaborative Assignments and Projects
• Undergraduate Research
• Diversity/Global Learning
• Service Learning, Community-Based Learning
• Internships
• Capstone Courses and Projects

Subsequent research built upon Kuh’s work identified an eleventh practice: E-Portfolios.

As Kuh’s report noted, “These practices take many different forms, depending upon learner characteristics and on institutional priorities and contexts” (pg. 9).  º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Denver has programs and activities across the university with touchpoints in each of these practices.  Undergraduate Studies seeks to highlight such practices while supporting faculty – individually and collectively – to continue to strategically implement High-Impact Teaching Practices.