PDF-[READ] - The Learning Community Experience in Higher Education: High-Impact Practice

Offering an interdisciplinary qualitative approach this book examines and evaluates the role and benefits of a Learning Community LC a highimpact practice for student retention in higher education Grounded in indepth case studies and firstperson 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 fouryear 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 decisionmaking of those in higher education administration regarding high impact student interventions. PowerPoint Presentation . Design by . Charlie Cook. CHAPTER. . 6. Community, . Consumerism. , . and . the Media. © Routledge. © Routledge. Learning . Outcomes. After studying this chapter, you should be able to:. Recipients in Louisiana?. Review of Findings for the . Governance Commission. Kevin Crockett, President/CEO. October 24, 2011. About the research partnership. Project outcomes for Louisiana. Custom policy research. Student Success . Collaboration in . “. Write Spaces”. Facilitators. Sherry . Wynn Perdue, Director. Oakland University Writing Center. Rochester, MI. wynn@oakland.edu. Kim . Ballard, Director. Western Michigan University Writing Center. Dr Craig Bellamy BA (Hons) MA . Ph.D. 3 May 2012, La Trobe University. . Landscape: government policies . Landscape: Low Socio-Economic Student background. Landscape: Attrition, impact upon institution. PowerPoint Presentation . Design by . Charlie Cook. CHAPTER. . 4. Corporate Social . Responsibility. , Citizenship. , and . Diversity. © Routledge. © Routledge. Learning . Outcomes. After studying this chapter, you should be able to:. Professor Liz Thomas, Higher . Education Academy. Student Writing in Transition . Symposium, Nottingham Trent University. Retention and non-completion in England.. What . works? Student retention and success programme. with OER Implementation. OER and Retention / Completion. OERs have been around for a long time:. MERLOT: 1997. MIT Open Courseware: 2002. BCCampus. . OpenEd. : 2003 . State- or region-wide OER Textbook replacement programs are rather new: . Dr. Tom McKinney, Ph. D., MLS. Angelina College. Blackboard Student Retention Tools. Blackboard gives you three sets of student retention tools:. Course Reports. Performance Dashboard. Retention Center. Lory-Ann Varela. Colorado State University. loryannvarela@gmail.com. Retention is a 4, 5, and 6 Year Venture. Benefits of a diverse campus population. Rich academic environment. Critical development. Suzanne Cholerton. Learning and Teaching Conference 2012. 6 July 2012. 1. Aims of the Session. To reflect on where we are and what has been achieved. To provide some context on the current HE environment . How pre-entry activity can generate an early sense of belonging that facilitates student progression. Newman University, Birmingham. Student Formation. the development and growth of the whole person and implies a mindfulness in all things; of being grounded in values, thoughtful in scholarship and . Jennifer R. . Keup,. Ph.D.. Director. National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience . and Students in Transition. Introduce the . importance of the prep . year for higher education and society. (hip. s. 101—The basics). . Gordon Uno. Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology. University of Oklahoma. guno@ou.edu. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses . (Arum and . Education. Dr Lisa Lucas, University of Bristol. SRHE International Research and Researchers Network Seminar. In Depth and in Between: conducting Ethnographic research on higher education across International Borders.