Honors Living-Learning Communities: A Model of Success and Collaboration

摘要: INTRODUCTION All too often on college campuses, academic affairs and student work in near isolation from each other. In their traditional roles, promotes students' learning the classroom while cares for personal development outside classroom. Yet, if higher education aspires to graduate students who can meet challenges of modern world, then universities have an obligation launch collaborative projects that bring together disparate facets lives. Living-learning communities, a model collaboration between affairs, goal (Schroeder & Mabel, 1994). Prior research effectiveness living-learning communities has showcased positive effects cognitive psychosocial providing blueprint both follow (Shapiro Levine, 1999). Boyer's (1987) experiences undergraduate highlighted necessity build which are treated as individuals members community developing scholars. his foundational work, Boyer called approach through connections with other, living space, Pascarella Terenzini's (1991) reviewed over three thousand studies addressed affective domains found gains motivation, persistence, retention, well other domains, by increasing engagement peers smaller groups, primarily housing arrangements co-curricular activities. Astin's (1993) widely cited analysis two hundred institutions education, consisting twenty participants, illustrated impact linking certain types courses (notably writing history) environments (such residence halls) intentional student-student student-faculty settings development. Ultimately, all these praise components what is known today community, live residential environment share common courses, projects, being actively engaged faculty staff. Depending design, be organized curricular interests, career intent, or even various themes, operate at intersection hall. As such, they help bridge sometimes difficult gap world so-called real exciting ways, allowing inhabit not always way around (MacGregor, Smith, Matthews, Gabelnick, 1997). Yet create such no easy task; it requires funding, programming, organization, and, perhaps most all, affairs. Honors programs exempt challenges. Indeed, Nancy L. Reichert (2007) observed recent article Practice, embrace advantages honors housing, cornerstone any (111). according results her survey, majority administrators believe creates among students, aids recruitment process, success (115-16). This data helped move forward plans secure campus, but, close article, she issues call strategies convincing campus commit space funds housing. …