The Learning Community Experience in Higher Education High-Impact Practice for Student Retention

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Synopsis

Offering an interdisciplinary qualitative approach, this book examines and evaluates the role and benefits of a Learning Community (LC), a high-impact practice for student retention in higher education. Grounded in in-depth case studies and first-person student experiences, the authors studied four student cohorts (sophomore, junior, senior, and graduate students) who participated in a full immersion LC experience at an urban public four-year college in New York. Focusing on the maturity students develop as they progress toward their degrees, the authors evaluate the impact of the learning community on the students’ experiences, perceptions, successes and obstacles. A powerful demonstration of the effects of connection and comradery on learning, this account explores how the LC helps the decision-making of those in higher education administration regarding high impact student interventions.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Research in Higher Education
Author:
Susan Mary Paige, Amitra A Wall, Joseph J Marren, Brian Dubenion, Amy Rockwell
ISBN:
9781315279671
Related ISBNs:
9781138241862, 9780367884819, 9781315279695
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
132
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-08-28
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
Taylor & Francis 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction