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High Impact Learning

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Positive impacts of High Impact Learning

In the recent past, there have been low rates of student retention in colleges and universities. There is a very high disparity between students that joining first year and those that would finish their fourth year (Kuh, 2008). Due to the increasing rates of student dropouts, universities have come up with high impact programs that are aimed at increasing the rates of student retention in universities. The first strategy that is showing hope in the current times is that one which is geared towards ensuring that the first year students enroll in seminars that allow them to develop teams that they are going to help each other learn and do some extracurricular activities throughout their time in the university. The second strategy that has been used by universities is learning communities where students are expected to write some assignments and do funded research in their field of study(Kilgo, Sheets, & Pascarella, 2015). Apart from that, students also get to interact with other students from all over the globe not mentioning the internship and capstone courses and projects. All these strategies are focused on making education more engaging, easy and involving for each and every student in the university. Examples of Universities that have implemented high impact programs are, Brock University, Florida state university, and Trent University.

High Impact Learning Programs In Specific Universities

Brock University

Located in St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada, Brock University has come up with some strategies through which they could increase the rates of retentions for their students not only in the freshman year but also throughout their entire course in the university.

Type of program	Providers	Target students	Targeted effects
Online working skills workshops	Faculty of art and social sciences	First year students	To reduce the chances of drop outs in order to get a job.
Study skills workshops	The university through organized workshops with paid speakers	All students	To make It easy for students to study and thus get the most out of their learning.
Documentation workshops	The university	All students	To help the students have an easy time when doing their assignments and exams
Exam preparation communities	The student body	All students	This program aims at helping students have an easy time when preparing for their exams.
Enrolling all students in extracurricular activities	The university	All students	This program is meant to tie down the students to the university since if most students have what to do at the university, they will not abscond studies at any given time.

With the implementation of the strategy, Brock University as witnessed a significant 5% rise in the rate of student retention since 2011. The program is holistic since it not only encourage the students to participate in extracurricular activities but also equips them with specific skills enabling them to work online.

Florida State University

This is a very big university in Tallahassee Florida, it has admitted a significant number of students and now the population of its students is over 30,000. The university has come up with a robust program through which students take part in the extracurricular activities and enrichment of their curricular activities enabling them to perceive education as, simple and interesting thus reducing the rates of drop outs (Ulrich, Jick, & Von Glinow, 1993). Here are high impact programs implemented by the university.

Type of program	Providers	Targets	Desired impact
Mandatory freshman orientation	The university	First year students	It is aimed at letting the sift year students about the specific things that they could do in the university in order to make their lies more fun.
Academic support. For example math, tutoring. Etc.	The university	All students	This is aimed at ensuring that students have an easy time internalizing all the concepts inherent in what they study with ease.
Honors scholarship program for academically advanced students	The university and some sponsors	Post graduate students	This program offers scholarship for students who have completed their undergraduate programs successfully to work for their masters programs. This encourages students to complete their undergraduate programs.
Internships and work related education.	The university in partnership with some companies.	Senior students	This program not only makes education lively but also equip with the much needed skills to better perform their jobs

Trent University

Located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Trent University has more than 10,000 students who have enrolled in their various educational programs. Trent University has come up with a system through which students are able to enjoy their education thereby reducing the rates of dropouts. Here are its high impact programs.

Type of program	Providers	Targets	Desired impact
Educational opportunity program.	The university	All students	This program is aimed at binging about better opportunities for student’s financial challenges by giving them partial scholarships.
Academic support	The university	All students	This program aims at ensuring that students who struggle academically receive support that would make them better understand their courses.
Giving students practical work experiences in their intended major	Volunteer organizations, university internships and various student bodies.	All students	This program aims at making learning interesting by allowing the students to practice what they have already learnt in class.
Academic plan and road map courses.	The student leadership with the university.	All students	This program helps the students in selecting their careers by educating them about the importance of making the correct career choices.

Conclusion

With the high impact plan, more and more students would find education much more thrilling. On the other hand, it has boosted the rates of student retention in the universities by an average of about 5% (Kuh, 2008).

References

Kilgo, C. A., Sheets, J. K. E., & Pascarella, E. T. (2015). The link between high-impact practices and student learning: Some longitudinal evidence. Higher Education, 69(4), 509-525.

Kuh, G. D. (2008). Excerpt from high-impact educational practices: What they are, who has access to them, and why they matter. Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Ulrich, D., Jick, T., & Von Glinow, M. A. (1993). High-impact learning: Building and diffusing learning capability. Organizational dynamics, 22(2), 52-66.