National Collegiate Honors Council

 

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs: Chapters

Date of this Version

2025

Document Type

Book Chapter

Citation

Where Honors Education and Faculty Development Meet [NCHC Monograph Series], John Zubizarreta and Victoria M. Bryan, editors, chapter 3, pages 51-56

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2025

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Copyright 2025, National Collegiate Honors Council. Used by permission

Abstract

The Honors Community of Practice is a promising form of professional development in honors, where the wide variety of institutions, professional roles, and structures can present challenges to inclusive and relevant programming. The HCoP’s flexible and responsive format allows individuals in different contexts to connect, share resources, and learn from one another. The fluid nature of HCoP discussions, in which participants shift between mentor and mentee roles, highlights expertise in the community and encourages new voices to emerge. Of course, the advantages of Communities of Practice are not confined to honors. Their adaptability and simplicity make it effective programming in a variety of contexts, especially in conjunction with teaching and learning centers. In keeping with NCHC’s vision of honors as a source of innovation in higher education, HCoP may serve as a model for faculty and professional development programming at various institutions, whether for honors or campuswide initiatives.

As HCoP continues, we encourage NCHC members to share invitations with honors staff, faculty, and administrators who may not otherwise be engaged with the organization. HCoP can serve both as a source of specialized expertise for veteran honors educators and as an entry point to national conversations around honors. In this way, HCoP has the potential to strengthen and diversify NCHC’s network of honors practitioners.

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