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CEIA Academy – ELEVATE Webinars highlight trending topics in an accessible and affordable format. Recent webinars have looked at: best practices and challenges facing programs of different sizes; developing an internship program at the high school level; expanding experiential learning opportunities for your students.

Webinars are free for CEIA members, $50 for non-members. Register for the webinar using the link at the bottom of each offering. Registrants will receive an email confirmation and a link to download the meeting invite. Registration closes at 6:00 PM (Eastern) the evening before every webinar.

Where Are They Learning? Tracking and Reporting WIL Placements Campus-Wide

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

1:00 PM (Eastern)

Presenters:

Andrew Harper
CEIA Associate for Practitioner Competencies
Cherie Pierce Lynch
CEIA Vice President, Research & Surveys
Assistant Professor, Experiential Learning, Endicott College

Knowing where your students actually complete their WIL placements sounds like it should be simple. It rarely is. Some institutions have a centralized, structured process for collecting this data – others rely on individual faculty and academic programs who don’t always share it back to a central office. Software platforms can house the data, but only if someone reports into them, and exit-interview data collected by an assessment office doesn’t always come with site-level detail attached.

This session puts two CEIA Professional Competencies – Communication and Reporting, and Technology Utilization – into practice against that exact problem. Andrew Harper and Cherie Pierce Lynch will share a brief history of the Competencies and CEIA’s plans for them, walk through best practices for collecting, managing, and reporting WIL placement data, and then open the floor for members to share what’s working – and what isn’t – on their own campuses.

About Our Presenters:

Andrew Harper has spent more than 15 years connecting college talent with employers through innovative work-integrated learning and internship programs. Most recently with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, he designed and launched a statewide paid internship initiative supporting financially eligible students, following a successful career at St. Edward’s University where he led employer relations, coordinated internships, taught several academic courses, and supported student success initiatives. He later joined Grace Hill as a project manager delivering business intelligence solutions through KingsleySurveys. A longtime advocate for experiential education, Andrew has held numerous leadership roles within CEIA, including Diversity & Inclusion Task Committee Chair, Conference Chair, and Region V Vice President, and has also served as president of the Texas Cooperative Education & Internship Association. A recipient of the 2017 SoACE Champion of Diversity Award, Andrew earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from St. Edward’s University and continues to serve the institution as a member of its Alumni Board of Directors.

Cherie Pierce Lynch is an educator, researcher, and experiential learning leader dedicated to advancing quality, innovation, and equity in work-integrated learning. As CEIA’s Vice President for Research & Surveys and an Assistant Professor of Experiential Learning at Endicott College, she connects research and practice through initiatives such as the Professional Competencies Project, Research-to-Practice Webinar Series, and CEIA Academy. With more than 15 years of experience in higher education, her work focuses on competency-based assessment, program quality, emerging technologies including AI, and evidence-based internship curriculum design. A frequent national and international presenter, Cherie holds an Ed.M. in Higher Education Administration from Boston University and has completed multiple professional certifications in experiential and career education.

The webinar is free for CEIA members and $50 for non-members.

Registration closes Tuesday, October 17, at 6:00 PM (Eastern)

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