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Sebby, Angela G.; Brown, Carroll – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2020
Since the beginning of the 21st century, relevant education and the advancement of student learning have become areas of increasing concern in a rapidly changing work environment. Industry-based experiential learning activities provide students with the opportunity to apply classroom concepts and achieve immersed levels of learning. As the…
Descriptors: Hospitality Occupations, Management Development, Experiential Learning, Tourism
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Bielecki, Christopher; Wingenbach, Gary; Koswatta, Taniya – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2018
Students can increase their likelihood of academic success if they participate in at least two high-impact experiences during their undergraduate program. High-impact experiences have multiple forms, but whether students choose to participate may depend on perceptions of the high-impact experience structure, intensity, and additive nature to their…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Student Interests, Internship Programs
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Furutan, Omid – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
Management faculties often use cases, simulations, and research projects to achieve learning objectives in the Principles of Management class. This class typically aims to introduce students to the topics of "planning, organizing, coordinating, staffing, directing, budgeting, controlling, and evaluating functions of management; leadership…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Experiential Learning, Educational Principles, Educational Practices
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Escorza, Eloisa Heredia; Escorza, Yolanda Heredia; Medina-Aguilar, Graciela; Cordero-Diaz, Mary Ana; Martinez, Roman Martinez; Leon, Sergio Alberto Lopez – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
This study analyzed the narratives of a group of college students in so-called "Citizen Experience Reports" (REC). These reports provide an account of experiences carried out by students during their social service. The objective was to analyze these narratives and identify the level of development of related skills concerning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Personal Narratives
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Maphalala, M. C. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2012
This paper investigated how the University of Zululand (Unizulu) has set out to conceptualize and institutionalize service learning as an educational approach in the Curriculum. The University of Zululand Strategic Plan (2008-2012) and Institutional Operating Plan (IOP) indicate a paradigm shift towards academically based community interaction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Universities, Educational Policy
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Ghent, Cynthia; Parmer, Giavanna; Haines, Sarah – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
This study sought to determine whether a secondary level curricular model based on enhancing knowledge and awareness of global forest issues would have an effect on students' self-perceived knowledge of forest issues, actual content knowledge of these issues, and pro-environmental attitudes. The study instrument is the secondary module…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Environmental Education, Environmental Research, Forestry