Center for Engaged Learning Open Access Book Series
Series Editors
Jessie L. Moore and Peter Felten
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The Center for Engaged Learning Open Access Book Series features concise, peer-reviewed books (both authored books and edited collections) for a multi-disciplinary, international, higher education audience interested in research-informed engaged learning practices.
Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning is an international research center that fosters investigations of and resource development to support:
- how to do “high-impact” educational practices well and in diverse contexts,
- how to scale these practices equitably to all students, and
- how students integrate their learning across multiple, meaningful learning experiences.
Series books align with the Center’s mission to develop and to synthesize rigorous research on these central questions about student learning in higher education.
Books are available for free download as PDF files on the Center for Engaged Learning’s website, where readers can find additional open-access resources (e.g., videos, discussion questions, etc.) for each publication. Paperback versions of the books are available for sale through Parlor Press.
Since 2025, CEL has partnered with Parlor Press to offer these high-quality print versions of the series books for purchase.
Learn More about the Series at the CEL Website
For a full description of the series, a video introduction from the editors, submission and proposal guidelines, and an author guide, please visit the series page at the Center for Engaged Learning website.
Download CEL Books
You can download PDF versions of all CEL books from the CEL website directly from the book's webpage, which also includes resources for teachers and students. This page includes a list of best practices for downloading and sharing these open access books.
Submission and Contact Information
Book authors/editors who publish in the series join a community of scholars focused on engaged learning, with series books collectively marketed to faculty, staff, and administrators across higher education institution types around the globe.
Review our full proposal guidelines here, and direct questions to cel-publishing@elon.edu.
About the Editors
Jessie L. Moore is director of the Center for Engaged Learning and professor of English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric. She leads planning, implementation, and assessment of the Center’s international, multi-institutional research seminars. She is the author of Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning: A Guide for Faculty and Staff (Stylus Publishing/Routledge, 2023) and co-editor of five edited collections on engaged learning topics. Jessie’s professional service to the scholarship of teaching and learning was recognized with the 2019 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Distinguished Service Award.
Peter Felten is executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning, professor of history, and assistant provost for teaching and learning at Elon University. He has published seven books about undergraduate education, including Connections are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship-Rich Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023) co-authored by Isis Artze-Vega, Leo Lambert, and Oscar Miranda Tapia. He is on the advisory board of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and is a fellow of the Gardner Institute.