engaged learning

May 18, 2016
Funding still available for engaged learning projects

To keep the momentum going beyond the Third Century Initiative the university is offering Transforming Learning for the Third Century-Networks for Engaged Teaching funds of up to $1,000.
May 17, 2016
National leaders address what’s next for engaged learning
The semi-annual Provost’s Seminar on Teaching brought together 175 U-M faculty, administrators and staff with education leaders from other top universities to discuss the future of engaged learning.
- Funding still available for engaged learning projects
March 11, 2016
TED Talks class teaches students to give ‘the talk of a lifetime’

Students in a new U-M mini-course called “How to Give the Talk of a Lifetime” are learning the finer points of delivering presentations known as TED Talks.
March 8, 2016
Students analyze their own biological samples to study microbes’ effect

A “me-search” lab for U-M biology undergraduates gives students a close look at what might be the most compelling study subject of all: themselves.
March 7, 2016
Students hail research experience on ‘real’ legal issue
Students who worked on a research project at three different times over five years all had similar reactions: tackling a “real life” legal issue was an experience that continues to impact their lives today.
- Michigan courts better informed about reproductive health law, survey shows
March 7, 2016
Michigan courts better informed about reproductive health law, survey shows

Michigan’s 83 counties showed significant improvement in 2015 with regard to information they provide minors about an abortion rights law, when compared with University of Michigan-led research from five years ago.
January 29, 2016
Ginsberg Center director aims to strengthen service opportunities

As director of the Ginsberg Center, Mary Jo Callan wants to better connecting available resources at U-M to the needs within the community through engaged-learning opportunities.
June 3, 2015
Course asks students to imagine the campus of the future

A course called Campus of the Future that challenges today’s students to think about how they would reinvent higher education for future generations.
April 17, 2015
Students propose engaged learning experiences in new course

As U-M continues to place emphasis on engaged learning experiences, a new course offered this winter has challenged students to think about how to design education for the future.
March 10, 2015
Provost’s seminar focuses on high-impact engaged learning

Students, faculty members and university leaders discussed the experiences, practices and benefits of engaged learning at the Provost’s Seminar on Teaching.