Mapping the Student Engagement Journey has a few project updates:

• The project is IRB approved. I’ll talk more about this throughout the project, but an immediate impact is that this allows us to start recording interviews as soon as I have students recruited.
• A press release has gone out announcing the Faculty Academy cohort for this year. There’s a lot of great work going on, beyond this project.
• My undergraduate student research assistant position has been posted! I am so excited to hire a student to assist throughout this process. If you’re a Penn Stater and know of a good student, please let them know about this position.

In the upcoming weeks, I hope to hire the student, test out my interview questions and technique, and talk a bit more on this blog about my methodology and what we mean by “student engagement.” Stay tuned for more information coming soon.