Multidisciplinary, Multiyear, $72,000 Investment-

-$6000 projects in each of 3 years

-Projects directed by faculty-student research teams

-Learning for BOTH student and teacher

-Eight projects selected in years 1 and 2

Create intellectual engagement

-New thinking in diverse fields

-Application of learning to life

-Opening spaces for reflective integration

The magnitude of the Elon investment in the SOTL projects isnotable for a school with about 4000 students. The projects focus on conditions of learning and the individual course is the unit of study. The use of student-teacher research teams to carry out each project is a distinctive feature.

Elon jointly with Western Washington University won the first AAHE “Going Public” grant. John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy, kindly provided the information used in this tutorial. For more information