Experiential Learning Best Practices: 2024 Benchmarking Report
Experiential Learning in Higher Education is both under-researched and under-documented despite it being the core of many schools’ curricula and a key driver for career readiness. For the sixth consecutive year, EduSourced is proud to publish the Experiential Learning benchmark report, the largest collection of data on Experiential Learning in Higher Education. This collection of Experiential Learning best practices and trends represents responses from 93 respondents alongside data from the EduSourced platform.
This benchmark report covers a broad list of topics including sponsored project pricing, the use of team mentors, the popularity of multidisciplinary projects and manage client expectations. The data sources include a 24-question survey and data from thousands of projects run in EduSourced every year.
Experiential Learning Best Practices: Data and Insights from the 2024 Benchmark Report
- Sponsorship and project pricing: how much are other schools charging for Experiential Learning projects?
- Experiential Learning requirement vs elective EL opportunities.
- The most popular sources for Experiential Learning projects: where do schools source their projects?
- Formal vs. ad-hoc: the growth of directors and offices of Experiential Learning.
- Project-client NDAs and managing client expectations.
- The impact of Experiential Learning on career readiness in the age of AI in the workplace.
- How many projects schools are doing and how that has changed over time.
- 190 insights from Experiential Learning involved faculty, staff and administration
- Key advice for anyone managing or starting an Experiential Learning program
- New Experiential Learning innovations
- The biggest challenges in Experiential Learning, detailed
Three Levels of Experiential Learning
The hidden, but critical, context of Experiential Project-based Learning best practices is the operational structure schools setup to ensure a sustainable program that can deliver high quality projects consistently. Click below for the presentation EduSourced gave to UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business detailing the three levels from level 1 (entirely ad-hoc) to a well-organized program that can be leveraged into student recruiting and enhanced employer relationships.
Want more on Experiential Learning insights? In this post we dive into the value of mentors in Experiential Learning with six leaders from 4 schools detailing how they recruit and leverage external mentors on their projects.
