The purpose of this module is to introduce and briefly explain the Eight Guiding Principles for CLIPs. They were generated through the research under the National Science Foundation grant and serve as the basis for the design and operation of CLIPs.

Each college designs its own structure based on these principles.

To help you consider in more depth how the Eight Guiding Principles for CLIPs can shape your work, each module after this one provides questions for reflection concerning how the principles apply to the topic of that module.

The video accessed from this page identifies background research used in designing CLIPs.