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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Meet Stephanie | |
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| Meet Luke | |
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| Meet Claire | |
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| Objectives | |
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| What are Learning Communities? | |
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| Goals of Learning Communities | |
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| Increase Student Retention and Connection | |
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| Promote Student Leadership | |
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| Increase the Success Rate for Underrepresented Students | |
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| Integrate Classes Taken Across Disciplines and Improve Students' Critical-Thinking Skills | |
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| Promote Student Learning and Achievement | |
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| Impact of Learning Communities | |
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| Research on Learning Communities | |
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| Increased Student Retention Rates | |
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| Increased Social Interaction and Campus Involvement | |
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| Stronger Intellectual Development | |
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| Increased Student Satisfaction with College | |
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| Finding Your Place on Campus | |
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| Student Cohorts/Integrative Seminar | |
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| Student Cohorts at a Four-Year College | |
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| Student Cohorts at a Community College | |
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| Linked Courses/Course Clusters | |
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| Linked Courses/Course Clusters at a Four-Year College | |
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| Linked Courses/Course Clusters at a Community College | |
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| Coordinated Studies | |
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| Coordinated Studies at a Four-Year College | |
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| Coordinated Studies at a Community College | |
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| Living/Learning Communities | |
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| Living/Learning Communities at a Four-Year College | |
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| Getting Involved | |
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| Be a Peer Leader | |
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| Join the Advisory Board | |
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| Conduct a Research Project | |
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| Check Out Learning Communities for Upperclass Students | |
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| Learning Communities at Syracuse University | |
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| Graduate Interest Groups | |
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| Perspectives and Profiles | |
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| The Students' Perspective | |
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| What Was Memorable About the Experience? | |
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| Did You Have Any Negative Experiences? | |
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| What Advice Do You Have for Other Students? | |
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| Student Profiles | |
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| Katie Riordan | |
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| Lauren Thomas | |
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| Eddie Stankiewicz | |
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| The Professors' Perspective | |
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| Why Teach in a Learning Community? | |
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| How Can Students Be Successful? | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Resources for Instructors | |
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| References | |