Enriching Educational Experiences
2010 Benchmark Item
Complementary learning opportunities in and out of classroom
augment academic programs. Diversity experiences teach
students valuable things about themselves and others.
Technology facilitates collaboration between peers and
instructors. Internships, community services, and senior
capstone courses provide opportunities to integrate and
apply knowledge.
| Item | Results | |
| Mercer | Carnegie Peers | |
| Spent more than 10 hours per week in co-curricular activities (campus publications, student government, social fraternity or sorority, intercollegiate or intramural sports, etc.) | 19% | 14% |
| Have participated or plan to participate in practicum, internship, field experience, co-op experience, or clinical assignment | 84% | 79% |
| Have done or plan to do community service or volunteer work | 88% | 79% |
| Have done or plan to do foreign language coursework | 53% | 48% |
| Have done or plan to study abroad | 36% | 29% |
| Have done or plan to do independent study or self-designed major | 26% | 23% |
| Have done or plan to do a culminating senior experience (comprehensive exam, capstone course, thesis, project, etc.) | 78% | 60% |
| Had serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity than your own often or very often | 64% | 52% |
| Had serious conversations with students who are very different from you in terms of their religious beliefs, political opinions, or personal values often or very often | 62% | 55% |
| Used an electronic medium (list-serv, chat group, Internet, etc.) to discuss or complete an assignment very often or often | 64% | 59% |
| Campus environment encouraged contact among students from different economic, social, racial/ethnic backgrounds very much or quite a bit | 58% | 56% |
| Have participated or plan to participate in a learning community or formal program where groups take 2 or more classes together | 44% | 42% |