Fall 2021
High-impact practices, or HIPs, are active learning practices that promote deep learning by promoting student engagement as measured by the National Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE). To be a high-impact practice, the experience must satisfy the definition established by George Kuh (2008, Kuh & O’Donnell, 2013) and his colleagues at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U): achievement of deep learning, significant engagement gains, and positive differential impact on historically underserved student populations
Kuh recommends that to increase student engagement and student success, every student should participate in at least two HIPs during their academic career, but ideally every student should participate in one HIP each year in college.
UMES offers multiple opportunities for High-Impact Practices at all student levels. Watch for more information about the programs below.
UMES Common Reader/Common Intellectual Experience
UMES First-Year Experience Courses
UMES Social Justice Program/Diversity & Global Learning
All sixteen academic departments regularly offer:
- Service Learning/Community-Based Learning
- Internships
- Capstone Courses
