Best Practices

Exemplary campus initiatives advancing student wellbeing at scale

About Best Practices

The Best Practice Repository features exemplary initiatives from LearningWell Coalition member institutions. Each highlighted program reflects the Coalition’s mission to prepare students to flourish in work and life, demonstrates measurable impact on mission-related outcomes, and reaches the majority of students at the institution or is actively scaling toward that goal.

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Research Learning Experiences (RLE)

The UMS TRANSFORMS Student Success and Retention Initiative, with funding from a grant provided by the Harold Alfond Foundation, supports a developmental pathway based upon three sub-initiatives: Research Learning Experiences (RLEs), Gateways to Success (GTS), and Pathways to Careers (PTC). The Research Learning Experiences (RLE) program is a signature sub-initiative of the University of Maine […]

University of Maine System

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The 4D Experience at the University of Denver

The Four-Dimensional (4D) Experience is a university-wide strategic imperative at the University of Denver that prepares students for lifelong learning, engagement, and flourishing. It does so through nurturing students’ growth across the four dimensions of intellect, character, well-being, and purpose, both in and out of the classroom. Championed by senior leadership, the initiative focuses on […]

University of Denver