Experiential Education Advisory Committee

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The Experiential Education Advisory Committee defines, implements and assesses common goals and standards for experiential education and the Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR) at Elon.

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or designee
• Vice President for Student Life, or designee
• Professional Staff and Faculty Directors for each of the ELR programs:
  • Undergraduate Research
  • Leadership
  • Study Abroad/Study USA
  • Service Learning
  • Internships
• Faculty Fellows for each of the ELR programs:
  • Service Learning
  • Leadership
  • Internships
  • Study Abroad
• Director of Elon Core Curriculum, or designee
• Administrator for the Elon Engagement Scholarship

• Committee meets regularly as convened by the Chair to meet the responsibilities of the committee.
• All recommendations of the committee are made through normal parliamentary procedures and a majority vote of the members present. A quorum will consist of a majority of the committee membership.
• All recommendations by the Experiential Education Advisory Committee related to the ELR are forwarded to the Elon Core Curriculum Council.

• To coordinate and deepen the curricular and co-curricular connections for those experiences that satisfy the Experiential Learning Requirement
• To identify commonalities among the ELR processes that are characteristic of excellent practices in experiential learning
• To consider proposals for additional experiences that would potentially satisfy the ELR
• To monitor, assess and further develop learning objectives established for the ELR
• To serve as the umbrella organization for each of the Elon experiences and to assist in the program development, research, and overall assessment of the Elon experiences
• To promote faculty and staff development opportunities regarding best practices in experiential education
• To cultivate institutional culture around experiential learning