Learning Community Experience in Higher Education

<p>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.</p><p></p>