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Download full textWorkman, Jamie L.; Redington, Lyn – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2016
This is the third of a three-part series which will share information about how a mid-size, comprehensive university has worked to a learning community program, including a residential curriculum. This article focuses on how those working with Learning Communities navigate program development during changing institutional priorities.
Descriptors: Program Development, Communities of Practice, Educational Change, Institutional Mission
Workman, Jamie L.; Redington, Lyn – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2016
This is the second of a three-part series which will share information about how a mid-size, comprehensive university developed a learning community program, including a residential curriculum. Through intentional collaboration and partnerships, the team, comprised of faculty and staff throughout the university, developed a "multi-year plan…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Cooperative Learning, Program Development, Living Learning Centers
Whitcher-Skinner, Kendra; Dees, Sharon J.; Watkins, Paul – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2017
University housing has the capacity to offer more than comfortable living spaces, and campuses across the U.S., including our own, are exploring models of residential learning communities that provide both academic and social support students while cultivating a strong sense of community. In this article, we describe our campus foray into offering…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Housing, Sense of Community, Residential Patterns
Hintz, Kathryn; Genareo, Vincent – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2017
This article describes the creation of a First Year Experience learning community in a teacher education program. The First Year Experience model was adopted by the university because of declining enrollment, retention, and graduation rates and has been generally successful in the education department. With little information available for teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Communities of Practice, College Freshmen, Student Experience
Workman, Jamie L.; Redington, Lyn – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
This is the first of a three-part series which will share information about how a mid-size, comprehensive university developed a learning community program, including a residential curriculum. Through intentional collaboration and partnerships, the team, comprised of faculty and staff throughout the university, developed a "multi-year plan…
Descriptors: Program Development, Partnerships in Education, Transformative Learning, Student Centered Learning
Peterson, Newland Charles; McCrimmon, Miles – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2014
Subsequent to participating in the 2006 National Summer Institute on Learning Communities sponsored by the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education at The Evergreen State College, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College's Learning Communities Team spent the next several months preparing the college for a fall 2007…
Descriptors: Success, Communities of Practice, Program Development, Institutional Survival
Tampke, Dale R.; Durodoye, Raifu – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
Undecided undergraduate students are often considered to be "at risk" for lower academic performance and lower retention rates than students with declared majors. First-year seminars and learning communities are two interventions the retention literature suggests can enhance the success of at-risk students. This paper summarizes the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Academic Achievement, Success
