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Avery, L. (2014). Public-private honors success at community colleges of Spokane. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 15(1), 35+. (link)

Bell, J. D. (2015). Teaching and fostering change in the classroom, campus, and community. Honors in Practice, 11, 173+. (link)

Berg, Emily. Someone Like Me: The Impact of Engagement on High Achieving First Generation Community College Students in California’s Central Valley. 2020. Doctor of Education Dissertation, Brandman University. (link)

Bhavsar, S. P. (2020). Teaching from the Heart. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 21(2), 3+. (link)

Brimeyer, T. M., Schueths, A. M., & Smith, W. L. (2014). Who benefits from honors: an empirical analysis of honors and non-honors students' backgrounds, academic attitudes, and behaviors. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 15(1), 69+. (link)

Buckner, E., Shores, M., Sloane, M., Dantzler, J., Shields, C., Shader, K., & Newcomer, B. (2016). Honors and non-honors student engagement: a model of student, curricular, and institutional characteristics. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, (1), 191+. (link)

Camp, H. (2019). Publishing in Honors: Advice from Reviewers of HIP and JNCHC. Honors in Practice, 15, 111+. (link)

Carlin, L., & Alberts, H. (2021). Building Bridges in Interdisciplinary Team-Taught Honors Seminars. Honors in Practice, 17, 83+. (link)

Carrell, J., & Weiner, R. G. (2023). Science and Science Fiction in an Interdisciplinary First-Year Experience Honors Course. Honors in Practice, 19, 105+. (link)

Cazier, J. A., Jones, L. S., Mcgee, J., Jacobs, M., Paprocki, D., & Sledge, R. A. (2017). Moving from Forecast to Prediction: How Honors Programs Can Use Easily Accessible Predictive Analytics to Improve Enrollment Management. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 18(2), 213+. (link)

Chaney, B. H., Christensen, T. W., Crawford, A., Ford, K., Godwin, W. W., Weckesser, G., Fraley, T., & Little, P. (2020). Best Practices in Honors Pedagogy: Teaching Innovation and Community Engagement through Design Thinking. Honors in Practice, 16, 71+. (link)

Cognard-Black, Andrew J., and Art L. Spisak. "Creating a Profile of an Honors Student: A Comparison of Honors and Non-Honors Students at Public Research Universities in the United States." Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring-Summer 2019, pp. 123+. Gale Academic OneFile (link)

Cognard-Black, A. J., & Spisak, A. L. (2021). Forging a More Equitable Path for Honors Education: Advancing Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Diversity. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 22(1), 81+. (link)

Cognard-Black, A. J., & Savage, H. (2016). Variability and similarity in honors curricula across institution size and type. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, (1), 93+. (link)

Collins, Lauren, and Michaela Niva. "Infusing Critically Reflexive Service Learning into Honors." Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, vol. 21, no. 2, fall-winter 2020, pp. 31+. Gale Academic OneFile (link)

Cox, Milton D. “Building and Enhancing Honors Programs through Faculty Learning Communities.” Breaking Barriers in Teaching and Learning, edited by James Ford and John Zubizarreta, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2018, pp. 81-113. (link)

Dailey, Rocky. “Honors Teachers and Academic Identity: What to Look for When Recruiting Honors Faculty.” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, vol. 17, no. 1, 2016, 151-88. (link)

Dement, R., & Salas, A. (2019). Disorienting Experiences: Guiding Faculty and Students Toward Cultural Responsiveness. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 20(2), 43+. (link)

Denison, Christina E. Field of Dreams: Experiences of First-Generation College Students in Honors. 2023. Northwest Nazarene University, PhD dissertation. (link)

Dotter, A. (2020). Undergraduate Research Seminars at Your Humanities Center. Honors in Practice, 16, 222+. (link)

Edgington, Erin and Linda Frost. “Something Borrowed, Something New: Honors College Faculty and the Staffing of Honors Courses.” Honors Colleges in the 21st Century, edited by Richard Badenhausen, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2023, pp. 213-238. (link)

Elkes, L. C. (2023). Creating and Celebrating Honors Faculty. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 24(2), 3+. (link)

Ford, James. “Bending Time and Space: Three Approaches for Breaking Barriers in the Honors Classroom.” Breaking Barriers in Teaching and Learning, edited by James Ford and John Zubizarreta, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2018, pp. 201-209. (link)

Frana, P. L. (2022). Using Algorithmic Imaginaries and Uncanny Pedagogy to Facilitate Interdisciplinary Research and Digital Scholarship. Honors in Practice, 18, 81+. (link)

Garrison, S., & Parish, C. (2020). The Campus Improvement Project: A High-Impact Practice to Stimulate Honors Community and Empower Student Leadership on Campus. Honors in Practice, 16, 234+. (link)

Gutiérrez, Michael Carlos. “Counterstories of Honors Students of Color.” Honors in Practice, vol. 18, 2022, p 9-27. (link)

Guzy, Annmarie. “Constructing an Honors Composition Course to Support a Research-Based Honors Curriculum.” Breaking Barriers in Teaching and Learning, edited by James Ford and John Zubizarreta, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2018, pp. 153-170. (link)

Guzy, A. (2019). Faculty as Honors Problem Solvers. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 20(1), 71+. (link)

Guzy, A. (2020). Putting the "Human" into the Humanities. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 21(2), 25+. (link)

Hanlin, Aaron. "Developing Honors Faculty through Faculty Development Programs." Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, vol. 24, no. 2, Fall-Winter 2023, pp. 31+. Gale Academic OneFile (link)

Harkins, D. R. (2015). An integrated learning experience. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, (2), 105+. (link)

Hartup, M. (2020). Teaching as a Whole. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 21(2), 13+. (link)

Hause, J. P. (2017). Two Neglected Features of Honors Advising. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 18(2), 151+. (link)

Hilton, J. T., & Jordan, J. (2021). The Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Students in Honors: What the Last Twenty Years of Scholarship Say. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 22(1), 115+. (link)

Hong, H., Glover, R., Killinger, M., & Labouff, J. (2023). Honors Flourishing in the Midst of Change. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 24(1), 33+. (link)

“Honors Course Design.” National Collegiate Honors Council, https://nchc.site-ym.com/page/coursedesign. Accessed 30 Sept 2024. (link)

Horton, L., Conrad, A., & Smith, P. J. (2023). Promoting Holistic Wellness in Honors Students through Peer Coaching. Honors in Practice, 19, 17+. (link)

James, S. M., & Bruce, K. E. (2009). Evolution and human nature: comparing honors and traditional pedagogies for the new science of the mind. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 10(2), 93+. (link)

Jordan, M. C. (2021). Inquiry as Occupation. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 22(1), 31+. (link)

Kaplan, Leslie G. “Innovative Discussion-Based Pedagogy.” Breaking Barriers in Teaching and Learning, edited by James Ford and John Zubizarreta, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2018, pp. 17-34. (link)

Keller, R. R., & Lacy, M. G. (2013). Propensity score analysis of an honors program's contribution to students' retention and graduation outcomes. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, (2), 73+. (link)

Kock, S., & Nyland, J. F. (2021). Developing and Encouraging the First-Year Undergraduate Researcher. Honors in Practice, 17, 245+. (link)

Korah, Abraham. Differences in college engagement of students as a function of community college honors course status: A nationwide study. 2018. Sam Houston State University, Doctor of Education dissertation. (link)

Kotinek, J., Bott-Knutson, R. C., Fine, L. E., Hart, J. L., Ziegler, W., Knox, P., Nichols, T., Sumner, S., Appel, H., Andersen, M. C., Bryk, M., Radasanu, A., Cassady, J., & Garbutt, K. (2023). The Justice Challenge: Honors Endeavors Innovative Pedagogies through the Grand Challenge Scholars Program. Honors in Practice, 19, 121+.(link)

Lewis, S. N., Velez, A.-L. K., Ozkan, D. S., Thomas, R. C., & Carlson, K. A. (2021). From Program to College: The Vision and Curriculum Evolution of the Virginia Tech Honors College. Honors in Practice, 17, 29+. (link)

Matos, M. A. (2022). More than an Academic Challenge--A Sense of Belonging. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 23(1), 99+. (link)

McKay, K. (2009). Predicting retention in honors programs. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 10(1), 77+. (link)

Mellow, G. O. (2015). Cultivating a community of excellence. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, (2), 65+. (link)

Miller, Angie L., et al. “Teaching Honors Courses: Perceptions of Engagement from the Faculty Perspective.” Journal of Advanced Academics, vol. 32, no. 1, Feb. 2021, pp. 3–27. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.libproxy.gc.maricopa.edu/10.1177/1932202X20938021. (link)

Miller, E. W. (2022). An Honors Lifetime Love of Learning. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 23(1), 33+. (link)

Miller, K. A. (2023). Building an Honors Community that Values and Celebrates Faculty. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 24(2), 15+. (link)

Mills, Barbara J. “Using Student-Generated Questions to Promote Learning.” Breaking Barriers in Teaching and Learning, edited by James Ford and John Zubizarreta, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2018, pp. 3-15. (link)

Napolitano, Marc, and Mimi Killinger. "'One Singular Sensation': Integrating Personal Narratives into the Honors Classroom." Honors in Practice, vol. 17, annual 2021, pp. 131+. Gale Academic OneFile (link)

“NCHC Shared Principles and Practices of Honors Education,” National Collegiate Honors Council, 2022,https://cdn.ymaws.com/nchc.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/docs/shared_principles_&_practices/nchc_shared_principles.pdf. Accessed 30 Sept 2024. (link)

Pressler, C. (2019). "Connecting Honors for All": Reimagining the Two-Year Honors Program in the Age of Guided Pathways. Honors in Practice, 15, 65+. (link)

Pressler, C. (2009). The two-year college honors program and the forbidden topics of class and cultural capital. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 10(1), 37+. (link)

Radasanu, A., & Barker, G. (2022). Inclusive and Effective Holistic Admission Frameworks for Honors Programs: A Case Study Continued. Honors in Practice, 18, 29+. (link)

Radasanu, A., & Barker, G. (2021). The Role of Admissions Practices in Diversifying Honors Populations: A Case Study. Honors in Practice, 17, 45+. (link)

Rice, L. (2015). The impact of honors on the campus community. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, (2), 109+. (link)

Ross, L. O., & Roman, M. A. (2009). Assessing student learning in community college honors programs using the CCCSE course feedback form. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 10(2), 73+. (link)

Schlange, J. R., & Burnett, T. (2023). Empowering Student Leadership amid Transition: Student-Centered Revision of First-Year Honors Peer Mentoring. Honors in Practice, 19, 29+. (link)

Senter, M. S. (2020). A Meaningful and Useful Twofer: Enhancing Honors Students' Research Experiences While Gathering Assessment Data. Honors in Practice, 16, 141+. (link)

Singla, A., Melendrez, M., Thai, M. T., Mann, S. S., Zhong, D., Hoang, K. T., Lee, I. H., & Aponte, A. V. (2023). Diversity in Honors: Understanding Systemic Biases through Student Narratives. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 24(1), 57+. (link)

Slavin, Charlie. “Defining Honors Culture.” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, vol. 9, no. 1, 2008, pp. 15-18. (link)

Spisak, A. L., Van Horne, S., & Hornbuckle, K. C. (2017). How the Implementation of Honors Sections Affects the Academic Performance of Non-Honors Students. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 18(2), 177+. (link)

Suddick, Conner W., and Lindi Dice. "Facilitating Change: Examining Honors Students' Perceptions of Learning Facilitation Techniques." Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, vol. 24, no. 2, fall-winter 2023, pp. 67+. Gale Academic OneFile (link)

Ten Berge, Hanne, and Rob Van Der Vaart. “Honors Components in Honors Faculty Development.” Breaking Barriers in Teaching and Learning, edited by James Ford and John Zubizarreta, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2018, pp. 61-80. (link)

Ticknor, C. S., Frazier, A. D., Williams, J., & Thompson, M. (2020). Using Possible Selves and Intersectionality Theory to Understand Why Students of Color Opt Out of Honors. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 21(2), 67+. (link)

Trucker, J. (2014). Honors and the completion agenda: identifying and duplicating student success. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, (2), 69+. (link)

Walters, G. E., Cooley, A. J., & Dunbar, Q. (2019). Opening Doors to Engage a More Diverse Population in Honors: A Conversation. Honors in Practice, 15, 55+. (link)

Wilson, S. P., & Perrine, R. M. (2005). We know they are smart, but have they learned anything?: strategies for assessing learning in honors. Honors in Practice, 1, 27+. (link)

Wolf, J. G. (2022). Honoring the Whole Person: Indigenous Wisdom and University Honors Programs. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 23(1), 137+. (link)

Wolfensberger, Marca V.C., and G. Johan Offringa. “Qualities Honours Students Look for in Faculty and Courses, Revisited.” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, vol. 13, no. 2, 2023, pp. 171-82. (link)

Zakrajsek, Todd D., and Janina Tosic. “Teaching for Learning in Honors Courses: Identifying and Implementing Effective Educational Practices.” Breaking Barriers in Teaching and Learning, edited by James Ford and John Zubizarreta, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2018, pp. 137-149. (link)

Zubizarreta, John. "Honors Is Pedagogy." Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall-Winter 2022, pp. 33+. Gale Academic OneFile (link)

Zubizarreta, J. (2020). Using the Online Forum for Honors Learning. Honors in Practice, 16, 216+. (link)

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