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Beyond the Traditional Honors Program: The Benefits of Discipline- and Area-Specific Honors Programs

Saturday, November 9, 2013: 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Napoleon C2 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Dorothy L.R. Jones , Norfolk State University
Karen Kornweibel , East Tennessee State University
Page Laws , Norfolk State University
Scott Contreras-Koterbay , East Tennessee State University
Discipline- and area-specific honors programs allow an honors college to effectively recruit and engage a wider variety of talented students based on varied criteria, admit students into honors at several stages in their academic careers, expand co-curricular offerings, and transform the way we think about the honors curriculum.