National Collegiate Honors Council

 

Date of this Version

2023

Citation

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council (fall/winter 2023) 24(2): 47–66

Comments

Copyright 2023, National Collegiate Honors Council. Used by permission

Abstract

This article considers the value of honors education beyond its marked contributions to enrollment management goals. Suggesting that quantitative assessments toward understanding the value of honors fail to capture its breadth, interdisciplinary focus, and engagement, authors posit a new way of measuring impacts from “contagion model” (spillover to campus and beyond) to “permeability model” (interface across campus). Pointing to the benefits of permeability for both honors and the broader campus communities, authors encourage practitioners to foster exchange in curricular offerings, spatial inputs, scholarly outputs, extramural funding, and institutional support. The meaning and history of organizational permeability is explored, and examples are provided.

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