Benefits of CEL

Understanding of course content, ability to apply academic learning to practical problems, ability to think critically, ability to analyze problems, research skills, communication skills, cognitive development, retention and graduation rates

Moral development, empathy, cross-racial, cross-class, and cross-cultural understanding, ability to collaborate effectively with others, sense of efficacy, sense of personal, social, and spiritual growth, leadership development, career development, commitment to service

Offering new ways to teach familiar material, allowing faculty to engage students more deeply and actively in the learning process, improving faculty satisfaction with the quality of their courses, providing networking opportunities with other faculty and in the community, and providing new avenues for research and publication