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Peer reviewedGabelnick, 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
Peer reviewedBaird, Leonard – Planning for Higher Education, 1992
Educational leaders can take specific steps to improve academic achievement during college, including increasing and improving student-faculty interaction; providing an integrated, mind-opening general education core curriculum; promoting student extracurricular activity; encouraging students to live on campus; and permitting individualized course…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, College Environment
Download full textPascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1975
This study, done at Syracuse University in 1975, investigated the multidimensional differences in freshman perceptions and experience of the academic and non-academic aspects of college associated with varying amounts of informal contact with faculty. Discriminant analysis indicated that factor dimensions, termed Interest Value, Practical Appeal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Faculty, College Freshmen
