TY - JOUR
T1 - Do High-Achieving Students Benefit From Honors College Participation? A Look at Student Engagement for First-Year Students and Seniors
AU - Miller, Angie L.
AU - Dumford, Amber D.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - This study investigates findings from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), comparing various aspects of student engagement between honors college and general education students. Responses from 1,339 honors college students and 7,191 general education students across 15 different universities suggest a positive impact for honors college participation on reflective and integrative learning, use of learning strategies, collaborative learning, diverse discussions, student–faculty interaction, and quality of interactions for first-year students, even when controlling for student and institutional characteristics. For senior students, honors college participation was related to more frequent student–faculty interaction. Potential experiential and curricular reasons for these differences are discussed, along with implications for educators, researchers, parents, and students.
AB - This study investigates findings from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), comparing various aspects of student engagement between honors college and general education students. Responses from 1,339 honors college students and 7,191 general education students across 15 different universities suggest a positive impact for honors college participation on reflective and integrative learning, use of learning strategies, collaborative learning, diverse discussions, student–faculty interaction, and quality of interactions for first-year students, even when controlling for student and institutional characteristics. For senior students, honors college participation was related to more frequent student–faculty interaction. Potential experiential and curricular reasons for these differences are discussed, along with implications for educators, researchers, parents, and students.
KW - honors college
KW - student engagement
KW - higher education
KW - survey
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ehe_facpub/306
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/0162353218781753
U2 - 10.1177/0162353218781753
DO - 10.1177/0162353218781753
M3 - Article
VL - 41
JO - Journal for the Education of the Gifted
JF - Journal for the Education of the Gifted
ER -