This book considers the role, use, and implications of transformative and active instructional strategies in higher education. It examines the changing landscape of higher education and serves as a foundational lens and framework for thinking through higher education from both an experiential and transformative instructional context.

Edited by Michael G. Strawser - Contributions by Shawn Apostel; Mary Z. Ashlock; Carolyn Baum; James D. Breslin; Brandon K. Chicotsky; Lauren Coffey; Stuart L. Esrock; Trudy L. Hanson; Jessica C. Hume; Renee Kaufmann; Daeun Grace Lee; Trey Lewis; Rain Wuy

Chapter One: The Turning Tide: Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education

Michael G. Strawser, Renee Kaufmann, and Dauen Grace Lee

Chapter Two: The Necessity of Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Mary Z. Ashlock

Chapter Three: Building and Sustaining Transformative Student Learning Experiences

Phillip E. Wagner

Chapter Four: Culminating Capstone Courses

Jason M. Martin

Chapter Five: Intentional Service Learning

Carolyn Baum and Trudy L. Hanson

Chapter Six: Domestic and International Travel and Exposure

Shawn Apostel and Lauren Coffey

Chapter Seven: The Quadruple Play: The Intersection of Internships with Students, Employers, Universities, and the Community

Stuart L. Esrock and Trey Lewis

Chapter Eight: Entrepreneurship as a Student Experience and State of Mind

Brandon K. Chicotsky

Chapter Nine: Student-led, Client-driven Firms

Stacie Shain

Chapter Ten: Merging Real World Experience and "Giving Back" through Curricular Community Engagement

Deborah D. Sellnow-Richmond and Scott A. Sellnow-Richmond

Chapter Eleven: Transformatve Intercultural Communication Programs that Promote Student Integration

Rain Wuyu Liu and Matthew Rynbrandt

Chapter Twelve: Mentoring Undergraduates in the 21st Century: Who Benefits?

Ed C. J. Long

Chapter Thirteen: Learning Communities: More Than Just Hip

Jessica C. Hume and Jenny McIntosh

Chapter Fourteen: Transformative Learning in the First-Year Experience: Transformative Learners Outside the Classroom

James D. Breslin and Anna Sharpe

Index

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