Living-Learning Communities That Work

A Research-Based Model for Design, Delivery, and Assessment
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-62036-601-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Co-published with In 2007, the American Association of Colleges and Universities named learning communities a high-impact practice because of the potential of these communities to provide coherence to and ultimately improve undergraduate education. Institutional leaders have demonstrated a commitment to providing LLCs, but they currently do so primarily with anecdotal information to guide their work. As a result, there is substantial variation in organizational structure, collaboration, academic and social environments, programmatic integration, student outcomes, and overall quality related to LLC participation. To establish a stronger, more unified basis for designing and delivering effective LLCs, the authors of Living-Learning Communities that Work collaborated on the development of a comprehensive empirical framework for achieving the integrating potential of LLCs. This framework is designed to help practitioners guide the design, delivery, and assessment of LLCs. This book thoughtfully combines research and field-tested practice to document the essential components for best practices in living learning communities and presents them as a clear blueprint – the LLC best practices model – for LLC design. Practitioners, researchers, and institutional leaders can use the book as a guide to more effectively allocate resources to create and sustain LLCs and to realize the potential of these communities to improve undergraduate education.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi

Jessup-Anger, Jody E.

Benjamin, Mimi

Wawrzynski, Matthew R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Jillian Kinzie Acknowledgements 1. Introduction to Living-Learning Communities 2. Best Practices Model for Living-Learning Communities 3. Building the Infrastructure for Living-Learning Communities That Work 4. Academic Environment. Intellectual Hub of the Program 5. Cocurricular Environment. Reinforcing Goals and Objectives 6. The Pinnacle and Mortar of the Pyramid. The Final, Yet Crucial, Components 7. Logistics and Costs of Living-Learning Communities 8. Sustainability and Concluding Thoughts Afterword by Jon Dooley and Peter Felten Appendix References About the Authors Index

Über Autor(innen)

Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas is an associate professor in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Karen was the Principal Investigator for the National Study of Living-Learning Programs from 2001-2011, which was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Association of College and University Housing Officers International, the American College Personnel Association, and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. In 2008, she guest edited a special issue on living-learning communities for the Journal of College and University Student Housing. Jody E. Jessup-Anger is associate professor of higher education and program coordinator of the Student Affairs in Higher Education master’s program at Marquette University. Jody has written several research articles exploring the effectiveness of living-learning communities, authored a chapter about theoretical foundations of learning communities in the New Directions for Student Services monograph, and co-led the Elon University Center for Engaged Learning’s research seminar on residential learning communities. Mimi Benjamin is assistant professor of Student Affairs in Higher Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is the editor of the 2015 New Directions for Student Services book Learning Communities from Start to Finish and served as co-leader for the Elon University Center for Engaged Learning’s 2017-2019 research seminar on residential learning communities. She was a resource faculty member at the National Learning Communities Summer Institute in 2016, and in 2011, Mimi was a guest co-editor for a special issue focused on faculty involvement in residence halls for the Journal of College and University Student Housing. Matthew R. Wawrzynski is associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration and coordinator of the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education program and the Center for Higher and Adult Education at Michigan State University.