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Colleges Design New Housing to Engage and Retain Students
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Peterkin, Caitlin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
With goals of fostering an intellectual atmosphere, building relationships, and increasing students' involvement on campus--and, ultimately, their rates of retention--universities around the country, including Elon, Michigan State, and Southern Methodist, are looking to residence life. House systems, residential neighborhoods, and living-learning…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Housing, Academic Persistence, Intellectual Development
At St. Lawrence U., a Controversial Course for Freshmen Seeks to Encourage a More Intellectual Campus Climate.
Mooney, Carolyn J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
In response to an emerging anti-intellectualism on campus, Saint Lawrence University (New York) instituted an interdisciplinary first-year course built around themes of community and identity. The effort is designed to stimulate intellectual development, bring faculty and students into closer contact, and blend academics and student life. (MSE)
Descriptors: Anti Intellectualism, College Curriculum, College Environment, College Freshmen
Students in Learning Communities: Engaging with Self, Others, and the College Community.
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Gabelnick, Faith; MacGregor, Jean; Matthews, Roberta S.; Smith, Barbara Leigh – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1990
Discusses what has been learned about students in college learning communities, and their progress and problems in the programs. Addresses topics including student attitudes and characteristics, retention, achievement, intellectual development, what students value about the communities, developmental changes occurring during the program, and life…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Role
Student Development, Part III. How To Live: A Developmental Program for Student Volunteers.
McCarty, Tim; And Others – ACU-I Bulletin, 1989
The evolution of the University of Minnesota's program of student volunteers in the college union is described. The program draws on developmental theories, and suggest ways of integrating union program production and specific educational goals for the volunteers engaged in that production: individual autonomy, commitment of values, integration of…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
Pockets of Connection: Creating a Sense of Community at a Large Urban Community College.
McGrath, Dennis; Seymour, Evan – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1996
The evolution of the Honors Program at the Community College of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) is described, focusing on faculty participation and program decisions. Central program features are practices that build an intellectual community among faculty and students, including an interdisciplinary curriculum, seminars and writing groups,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Collegiality, Community Colleges
How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research.
Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1991
The 14 chapters of this book review and synthesize research on the influence of college on students. Chapter 1 provides a detailed discussion of the evolution of research on college outcomes as an area of study, outlines the conceptual framework that guided the review, and provides a general overview of the study. Chapter 2 summarizes the major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Change, Cognitive Ability