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Effects of Student-Driven Content and Interdisciplinarity on Learning Outcomes
Noel Jacobs, Southern Nazarene University
With funding from a Portz Grant, we created an experimental, interdisciplinary seminar with
student-determined content and a required service-learning component as the centerpiece of our
new honors program. In this presentation, we assess the effects of both the interdisciplinarity and
student input on learning outcomes.
Honors Demographics
Friday, October 22
2:00 PM – 3:10 PM
Marriott Tower 2nd Floor, Yardbird A
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Student Moderator: Larry Collins, Mansfield University *
Demography of Honors
Philip L. Frana, University of Central Arkansas
Richard I. Scott, University of Central Arkansas
John Zagurski, University of Central Arkansas *
No dataset currently exists to answer questions about national variation in honors programs and
colleges. Using information taken from the most recent Peterson’s Guide, we construct a dataset
that can provide estimates of the scope of honors education in the United States, and how it
differs across the country.
Honors Programs in the Northeast: A Web Survey of Masters and Baccalaureate
Institutions
Richard England, Salisbury University
Where are the honors programs A web-crawl of the sites of all Masters and Baccalaureate
institutions in the Northeast found that 68.6% of schools have an institution-wide honors
program. In this presentation I share methods, analysis, and findings. We will discuss the uses
and future directions of this research.
First-Year Programs
Friday, October 22
2:00 PM – 3:10 PM
Marriott Tower 2nd Floor, Yardbird B
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