Confidential
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Tableof Contents
ExecutiveSummary
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Tableof Contents
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List of Tables ...................................................................................................................................... iii
List of Figures..................................................................................................................................... iii
Introduction
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Landscape
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Students .......................................................................................................................................................2
Government .................................................................................................................................................2
Employers, Industry, andCommunity..........................................................................................................3
Academe ......................................................................................................................................................3
Mandate
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Rationale for Experiential Learning
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Student Benefits:..........................................................................................................................................5
Faculty/Institutional Benefits:......................................................................................................................5
Employer andCommunityBenefits: ............................................................................................................5
Definitions
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FacultySurvey
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Experiential LearningOfferings andParticipationRates
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Faculty Survey ..............................................................................................................................................9
National SurveyonStudent Engagement ..................................................................................................10
Examplesof EffectivePractice
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Facultyof Education (Practicum) ...............................................................................................................12
Nursing Simulation Lab (Laboratory)..........................................................................................................12
Editing andPublishingPracticum(FieldPlacement) ..................................................................................13
Tropical Ecologyof CostaRica (FieldStudy)...............................................................................................13
Volunteer InternshipProgram(Community Service Learning, Co-curricular)............................................14
ImprovingExperiential Learning
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AlignmentwithEducational and LearningPriorities..................................................................................15
DevelopEE/WILCurriculum.......................................................................................................................16
Facilitateoff-campus placements (WIL).....................................................................................................17
Support Experiential Education..................................................................................................................17
TrackingParticipation............................................................................................................................17
BuildingCapacity ...................................................................................................................................18
References: .......................................................................................................................................19
Appendixes:
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