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Gebauer, Richard D.; Watterson, Nancy L.; Malm, Eric; Filling-Brown, Michelle L.; Cordes, John W. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
Many have documented the positive benefits of Living and Learning Communities (LLCs), but creating an environment that truly integrates living and learning across campus can be a challenge. In this paper we chronicle an LLC program that was intentionally built upon a broad foundation. By including faculty, staff, and student leader representation…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Communities of Practice, College Students, College Faculty
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Shapiro, Nancy – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
Within a 25-year period, the dramatic changes from college education as a "private good" that serves a predominantly white male student population to college education as a "public good"--where almost 90% of high school students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds aspire to attend college--has forced higher education to face a…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Communities of Practice, Student Personnel Services, Educational Change
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Mackenzie, Noella; Knipe, Sally – Issues in Educational Research, 2006
In this article the authors discuss issues faced by early career researchers, including the dichotomy, which many research textbooks and journal articles create and perpetuate between qualitative and quantitative research methodology despite considerable literature to support the use of mixed methods. The authors review current research literature…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Research Methodology, Journal Articles, Statistical Analysis