Susan Mary Paige, Amitra A Wall, Joseph J Marren, Brian Dubenion, Amy Rockwell

The Learning Community Experience in Higher Education (eBook, ePUB)

High-Impact Practice for Student Retention

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315279671
• Artikelnr.: 48423934

Autorenporträt

Susan Mary Paige is a Lecturer in the University College at SUNY Buffalo State, USA.

Amitra A. Wall is Professor of Sociology and Assistant Dean of Intellectual Foundations and First Year Programs in the University College at SUNY Buffalo State, USA.

Joseph Marren is Chair and Professor of Communication at SUNY Buffalo State, USA.

Amy DiBartolo Rockwell is the First-Year Experience Librarian and Accessibility Services Librarian at SUNY Buffalo State, USA.

Brian Dubenion is Assistant Director of Residence Life Office for Student Success at SUNY Buffalo State, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The General and Particular Genesis of Our Learning Community
Experience 1. The First Step: The Overview of the LC Construct 2. The
Second Step: Institutional History or How We Do It Here 3. The Third Step:
This is What We Do 4. Methodology Part 2: "I've got this!" 5. "Is that all
there is?": Introduction to the Sophomore Cohort 6. Holmes 7. Swag Part 3:
"I am just so busy!" 8. Introduction to the Junior Cohort 9. Tron 10. Tamar
Part 4: "It went so fast!" 11. Introduction to the Senior Cohort 12. Gypsy
13. Gambit Part 5: "All grownup!" 14. Introduction to the Postgraduate
Group 15. Soul 16. Miracle Part 6: Discussion and Conclusion 17. Results
and Theme Analysis 18. Conclusion: What Does It All Mean?