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Northeastern University
Martha’s Vineyard Summer Institute on Experiential
Education
July 5-9, 2006
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Preparing Students
for Success
An Executive Program for Deans, Directors,
Faculty, Administrators, and Their Teams
Hosted by the
Center
for Experiential Education and Academic Advising (CEA)
College
of Arts and Sciences, Northeastern University (CAS)
JOIN US FOR AN IMPORTANT EVENT AT AN EXTRAORDINARY LOCATION
We invite you to send a team to the Summer Institute on Experiential Education on the island of Martha’s Vineyard to develop strategies that strengthen your campus’s efforts to promote learning outside and inside the traditional classroom through a range of activities. These may include cooperative education, service-learning, faculty/undergraduate research, community-based research, study abroad, academic internships, student leadership development, and other related programs.
WORLD LEADER IN EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION
Northeastern University, a private, research institution located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a world leader in experiential, practice-oriented education. Building on its signature cooperative education program, Northeastern links excellence in classroom learning with workplace experience. For four consecutive years, Northeastern University has earned U.S. News & World Report’s top ranking for programs that combine classroom learning with real-world experience.
The Center for Experiential Education and Academic Advising (CEA) is a special unit within Arts and Sciences dedicated to promoting experiential learning programs and enabling professionals to incorporate experiential learning into their curricula. Since the College of Arts and Sciences started concentrating on experiential education, applicants to the College have doubled to 12,000.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE INSTITUTE
Customized to work
on your issues
The curriculum is shaped through pre-Institute site visits or telephone
consultations to address your specific goals and challenges.
Innovative consultative format
To ensure optimal results, our consultant format includes a facilitator
assigned to each team during the Institute and a post-Institute
follow-up.
Distinguished faculty and keynote
workshop leader
Participants at the Institute will learn from dedicated experts
about current research and best practices related to key issues
in the field.
Peer learning
The informal atmosphere of the Institute is ideal for meeting peers,
learning through impromptu conversations, and sharing plans during
the Institute.
2005 Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute on Experiential Education - Schedule (word doc)
