Learning Communities in the Community College: How to Improve Student Involvement and Raise Faculty Morale.

Matthews, Roberta

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Publication Date: 1986

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Learning Communities in the Community College: How to Improve Student Involvement and Raise Faculty Morale.

Matthews, Roberta

Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, v57 n2 p44-47 Oct-Nov 1986

Considers the characteristics and benefits of learning communities/clusters/coordinated-studies programs, contrasting the unique features of the programs at LaGuardia Community College, Seattle Central Community College, and Daytona Beach Community College. Learning community characteristics involve 25 to 100 students working with three or four faculty members to explore a global, unifying theme. (DMM)

Descriptors: Cluster Colleges, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Nontraditional Education, Outcomes of Education, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Thematic Approach, Two Year Colleges

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