Research
Classroom engagement is now recognized as an absolute must by national reform agencies (Achieving the Dream, Completion by Design, Complete College American, etc.) and their respective funding partners (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Helmsley Charitable Trust, etc). Having championed this work now for 10 years, Patrick Henry Community College's Southern Center for Active Learning Excellence (SCALE) team has now trained faculty from over 125 community colleges across the nation. The team regularly crisscrosses the country training faculty and administration on the importance of cooperative learning in the community college classroom. Moreover, SCALE has for ten years hosted an annual "Cooperative Learning Institute" with attendees from over 15 states as well as two foreign countries.
