HIPE Framework
NMU students will participate in two categories of High-Impact Practices & Experiences (HIPEs), understand the value of HIPEs, and be guided by instructors and mentors in the practice of structured critical reflection to better integrate experiences across contexts to foster appreciation for lifelong learning.
First-Year / Transfer Student / Non-Traditional Student Engagement: Living and learning communities, first-year, transfer and non-traditional student seminars or programs.
Professional Engagement: Internships/co-ops, employment, entrepreneurship, student teaching practicums, clinical placements.
Scholarly Engagement: Undergraduate creative activity, undergraduate scholarship, undergraduate research, collaborative learning, senior design projects, capstones.
Community Engagement: Service-learning courses, service-learning projects, citizen science.
Global Engagement: Collaborative online international learning (COIL), study abroad, traveling courses, global research, international internships.
8 Elements of HIPE
High expectations: Students are challenged to meet high performance standards.
Time & effort: Students invest substantial time and effort over an extended period of time.
Faculty & peer interactions: Students interact with faculty, mentors, and peers about substantive matters.
Experience human diversity: Students are exposed to people and worldviews different from their own and demonstrate intercultural humility, competency, and empathy.
Constructive feedback: Students receive frequent, timely, and constructive feedback.
Critical reflection: Students periodically engage in structured critical reflection to integrate learning across their academic experience and more broadly across myriad societal contexts.
Real-world application: Students discover relevance of learning through real-world problem solving and situations.
Public demonstration of competence: Students prepare and present their work publicly to synthesize and articulate their learning with attention to accuracy and quality.