Provides student with the opportunity to develop greater self awareness and better understand the skills that have been developed through involvement
Assists students in becoming more conscious of choices for academic & co-curricular involvement and skills development
Prepares students to be able to clearly articulate skills and competencies in job and graduate school interviews
Engages the student in holistic educational experiences, which encourage self-reflection, provide a link between theory and practice, and prepares students for effective leadership in the community and on-campus
Provides on-going recording of involvement experiences to assist in resume writing
Ability to store and maintain academic documents, artifacts, and writing in one location
Creation of a portfolio that can be reviewed and possibly utilized as a marketing piece
Faculty & Staff Benefits
Faculty and Staff can compare the academic progress and co-curricular involvement to better understand student's experience
Opportunity to record and validate student learning experiences in and outside of the classroom
Ability to maintain longitudinal data for assessment as well as the ability to compare data across departments and university areas
Assists faculty and staff when writing letters of recommendation and when helping students make important decisions about academic and co-curricular involvement
A method to encourage students to be engaged in and outside of the classroom
Encouraging use of the EDGE Portfolio will promote the importance to students of saving samples of class work
