National Collegiate Honors Council
National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs: Chapters
2025
Team Teaching as Honors Faculty Professional Development, Richard Badenhausen
Empowering Honors Education: A Joint Initiative for Teaching Excellence and Curriculum Enhancement, Alexandra Bitton-Bailey, Ryan Z. Good, Gabriela Hamerlinck, and Melissa L. Johnson
An Edifying Honors Collaboration, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Jonathan D. Kotinek, Hedi M. Appel, Joy L. Hart, Paul Knox, Andrea Radasanu, Daniel M. Roberts, Timothy J. Nichols, Leigh E. Fine, William L. Ziegler, Mary Bryk, Susan Sumner, Rachael Budowle, Kaetlyn Cordingly, Graham E. Bastian, Noah Roerig, Adam Stroud, and Keith Garbutt
A Critical Role for an Honors Community of Practice, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Scott O'Leary, Scott Breuninger, Karen D. Youmans, Jeff Chamberlain, and Sheila Nowinski
Reimagining an Honors Education: Building a Community of 21st-Century Learners, Robyn M. Brighton and Rebecca J. Toole
Professional Development through Teaching in Honors: An Elon University Workshop, Mike Carignan, Lynn R. Huber, Deandra Little, and Tom Mould
A Comprhensive Honors College Faculty Certification Model, Magda J. Castineyra, Virginia Fuillerat, and Marianne Maduro
Honors Civic Foundations Faculty Fellows Program, Lauren E. Davis and Kevin D. Egan
The Brief Life of a Students-as-Partners Model for Improving General Education, Rick Fisher and Janel Seeley
Hacking through the Silos: Honors Faculty Development, Joy L. Hart, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Hedi M. Appel, Jonathan D. Kotinek, Paul Knox, Susan Sumner, Noah Roerig, William L. Ziegler, and Leigh E. Fine
Exploding the Silos: How Honors and CETL Collaboration Can Transform Faculty Development, Christine Larson, Evren Celik-Wiltse, Kevin Sackreiter, and Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson
From Classrooms to Communities: Integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into Honors Education, Megan McIlreavy and Pamela L. Martin
Incorporating Faculty Development Workshops at James Madison University, Fawn-Amber Montoya and Felix Wang
Leadership Academy: Fostering Honors Faculty Growth through Peer-to-peer Learning, Chelsea Redger-Marquardt, Doug Stucky, Cindi Mason, Bobby Berry, Samantha Gregus, and Kimberly Engber
A Faculty Inquiry Group for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Honors, Kevin Sackreiter, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Christine Larson, and Evren Celik-Wiltse
Leadership and Change from Within: An Honors College and CTL Partnership, Connie M. Schroeder and Hilary K. Snow
Transforming Partnerships: Developing a Model for Experiential Learning in Honors, Grace Troupe and Tamy Burnett
Where Honors Education and Faculty Development Meet: Front and Back Matter, John Zubizarreta and Victoria M. Bryan
2024
Online Education, Honors, and the Engaged University: Modeling Experiential Learning for Fully Online Students at Fort Hays State University, Kevin S. Amidon and Gregory Atkins
The Tightrope Walk of Academic Creativity: Eliciting Growth in Online Honors Courses, Jacob Arnold
Cultivating Delight, Crossing Divides, and Solving Impossible Problems: Lessons Learned from a Year of Virtual Conferences, Jon Blandford, Kathy J. Cooke, Erik Liddell, Kathryn M. MacDonald, and Tara M. Tuttle
Honors Online: Teaching, Learning, and Building Community Virtually in Honors Education: Front and Back Matter, Victoria M. Bryan and Cat Stanfield
Building Virtual Community: The Power of Peer-Led Engagement, Emily Clossin, Shane Collins, Lisa Ruch, Kristina Horn Sheeler, and Kara M. Woodlee
Building a Pipeline for Transfer and Scholarship Through (Virtual) Honors Research Partnerships, Lauri B. Cockfield
Transcending Distance: Connecting During Imposed Seclusion, Lauri B. Cockfield
Building and Fostering Honors Communities: Lessons from Social Distancing, Anne Dotter and Kathleen King
Before They Set Foot on Campus: Building a Virtual Summer Community for Incoming Honors Students, Laura G. Eldred, Gillian Wenhold, and Jacquelyn McBride
Through the Looking Glass: Honors in Virtual Reality, Betsy Greenleaf Yarrison
Reimagining Honors Curriculum: Delivered Through Technology Utilizing Our Alumni Community, Mollie Hartup, Amy Cossentino, and Lexi Rager
Navigating Without Knowing, Elizabeth M. Hodge, Bhibha M. Das, Tim Christensen, Teal Darkenwald, Gerald Weckesser, and Wayne Godwin
International Virtual Exchange During and Beyond the Pandemic, Ian McIntosh
Creating Virtual Honors Spaces with Discord and WebEx, Trista M. Merrill and Ce Rosenow
For Here or To Go? (Re)packaging the Takeaway, Randi Polk
Re-reading Local Spaces: City as Text TM Goes Virtual, Sara E. Quay, Season Ellison, Leslie Heaphy, Amaris Ketcham, Toni Lefton, and Andrew Martino
Lasting Lessons from COVID-19: A Story of Successful Community Building, Christian Rubio
Peer Mentoring in a Pandemic: An Honors Experiment in Community Building, Jennifer Schlegel and Alexis DuHadaway
Exploring Incoming Honors Students’ Beliefs about Online Courses, Kristy Spear and Pavlo D. Antonenko
Connecting Honors Students in a Virtual Environment: Activities for Engagement, Sarah Sudar and Colin Sisk
Harnessing Flip in Both Hybrid and Fully Online Honors Courses to Build Community, Monica VanDieren and Sylvia A. Pamboukian
Reaction to Intention: Developing Hybrid Honors Courses in the Wake of the Pandemic, Megan Woller
Online Faculty Professional Development and Community as Nexus, John Zubizarreta, Beata M. Jones, and Marca V. C. Wolfensberger
2023
Teaching and Learning in the Fourth Space: Preparing Scholars to Engage in Solving Community Problems, Heidi Appel, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Joy Hart, Paul Knox, Andrea Radasanu, Leigh E. Fine, Timothy J. Nichols, Daniel Roberts, Keith Garbutt, William Ziegler, Jonathan D. Kotinek, Kathy Cooke, Ralph Keen, Mark Andersen, and Jyotsna Kapur
Introduction to Honors Colleges in the 21st Century, Richard Badenhausen
Should We Start an Honors College? An Administrative Playbook for Working Through the Decision, Richard Badenhausen
Motivation in Honors Advising, Matthew T. Best, Kenneth E. Barron, Jared Diener, and Philip L. Frana
Mentoring in the Mix: Building Mentoring Capacity Intentionally in a New Honors College, Kathryn Butler-Valdez, Hailey Silver Rodis, and Audrey Cerfoglio
Honors Liberal Arts for the 21st Century, John Carrell, Aliza S. Wong, Chad Cain, Carrie J. Preston, and Muhammad H. Zaman
“It Is What You Make It”: Opportunities Arising from the Unique Roles of Honors College Deans, Jeff Chamberlain, Thomas M. Spencer, and Jefford Vahlbusch
Characteristics of the 21st-Century Honors College, Andrew J. Cognard-Black and Patricia Joanne Smith
Honors Colleges as Levers of Educational Equity, Teagan Decker, Joshua Kalin Busman, and Michele Fazio
Positioning Honors Colleges to Lead Diversity and Inclusion Efforts at Predominantly White Institutions, Susan Dinan, Jason T. Hilton, and Jennifer Willford
The Elective System, Honors Degrees, and Academic Advising, Erin E. Edgington
Something Borrowed, Something New: Honors College Faculty and the Staffing of Honors Courses, Erin E. Edgington and Linda Frost
How Honors Advising Is Different, Philip L. Frana
Serving Our Communities: Leveraging the Honors College Model at Two-Year Institutions, Eric Hoffman, Victoria M. Bryan, and Dan Flores
Beyond the Letterhead: A Tactical Toolbox for Transitioning from Program to College, Sarah Hottinger, Megan McIlreavy, Clay Motley, and Louis E. Keiner
Honors Colleges, Transdisciplinary Education, and Global Challenges, Paul Knox and Paul Heilker
Exploring the Relationship Between Mindset, Mental Health, and Academic Performance Among College Students, Eileen Makak, Douglas A. Medina, and Harmony D. Osei
Telling Your Story: Stewardship and the Honors College, Andrew Martino
Advising Honors Students: Motivational Interviewing as a Tool for Identity Building and Development, Chelsea McKeirnan
Advising First-Generation and Socioeconomically Diverse Honors Students, Angela D. Mead
Fostering Student Leadership in Honors Colleges, Jill Nelson Granger
The Role of the Honors College Dean in the Future of Honors Education, Peter Parolin, Timothy J. Nichols, Donal C. Skinner, and Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson
From the Top Down: Implications of Honors College Deans’ Race and Gender, Malin Pereira, Jacqueline Smith-Mason, Karoline Summerville, and Scott Linneman
Promoting the Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Students: The Role of the Honors College in Faith-Based Colleges and Universities, Paul E. Prill
Who Belongs in Honors? Culturally Responsive Advising and Transformative Diversity, Elizabeth Raisanen
Oxbridge and Core Curricula: Continuing Conversations with the Past in Honors Colleges, Christopher A. Snyder
Advising to Support Meaning Making and Purpose: Helping Honors Students Focus on Priorities and Evaluate Opportunities Through Intention Setting, Kristy Spear, Ron Cahlon, and Katherine McCall
Honors Advising for Large Programs, Art L. Spisak and Holly B. Yoder
Cultivating Institutional Change: Infusing Principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Everyday Honors College Practices, Tara Tuttle, Julie Stewart, and Kayla Powell
Advising with Purpose: Utilizing the Motivation for College Success Model, Stephanie Veltman Santarosa
2021
Transforming Community-based Learning through City as Text™, Jean-Paul Benowitz
Acts of Interpretation: Pedagogies of Inquiry, Bernice Braid
Place, Self, Community: City as Text™ in the Twenty-First Century, Bernice Braid
Lost in Learning: Mapping the Position of Teacher in the Classroom and Beyond, Susan M. Cannata, Jesse Peters, Alix Dowling Fink, Edward L. Kinman, JoEllen Pederson, Phillip L. Poplin, and Jessi B. Znosko
Engaging with the World: Integrating Reflections and Agency, Will Daniel
Reading the Local in the New Now: Mapping Hidden Opportunities for Civic Engagement in the First Virtual City as Text™ Faculty Institute, Season Ellison, Leslie Heaphy, Amaris Ketcham, Toni Lefton, Andrew Martino, and Sara Quay
Committee as Text, Mimi Killinger
Learning from the Land: Creating Authentic Experience-Based Learning that Fosters Sustained Civic Engagement, Ted Martinez and Kevin Gustafson
Connecting to Place: A City as Text™ Assignment Sequence, Sara Quay
The Merits of Applied Learning, Michael Rossi
Reflections on the 1978 United Nations Semester, Dawn Schock
Doubling Back on the City as Text™ Walkabout, Gabrielle Watling
Integrating Dynamic Systems Theory and City as Text™ Framework: In-Depth Reflections on ‘Lens’, Ron Weerheijm, Patricia Vuijk, and Bernice Braid
Brain Activity and Experiential Learning, Paul Witkovsky
2020
Honors Internationalization at Washington State University: A Comprehensive Experience, Kim Andersen and Christine K. Oakley
Curriculum Gone Bad: The Case against Honors Contracts, Richard Badenhausen
One Hand Washes the Other: Designing Mutually Beneficial Honors Contracts, Antonina Bambina
Early Impact: Assessing Global-Mindedness and Intercultural Competence in a First-Year Honors Abroad Course, Michael Carignan and Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler
Internationalizing with Intention: A Case Study of the Mahurin Honors College, Craig Cobane and Audra Jennings
Drawing on Gifts of International Students to Develop International Partnerships, Kevin W. Dean
Keeping the Program Alive: Internationalizing Honors through Post-Travel Programming, Kevin W. Dean and Michael B. Jendzurski
Honors Abroad through Third-Party Providers, Susan E. Dinan
Honors Contracts: Empowering Students and Fostering Autonomy in Honors Education, Anne Dotter
Facilitating Feedback: The Benefits of Automation in Monitoring Completion of Honors Contracts, Erin E. Edgington
Making the Global Familiar: Building an International Focus into the Honors Curriculum, Erin E. Edgington and Daniel C. Villanueva
The Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminars: Pathways to International Partnerships, Rochelle Gregory, Kyle C. Kopko, and M. Grant Norton
The Honors Thesis for Health Sciences Students: A Service Abroad Model, Misty Guy, Heidi Evans Knowles, Stephanie Cook, Zane Cooley, and Ellen Buckner
An Undeserved Reputation: How Contract Courses Can Work for a Small Honors Program, Jon Hageman