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ERIC Number: EJ659731
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
Learning Communities and Community Colleges: A Case Study.
Killacky, Jim; Thomas, Cheryl; Accomando, Annette
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v26 n10 p763-775 Dec 2002
Asserts that while economic development increasingly demands greater technological sophistication, community colleges are faced with growing numbers of developmentally challenged students. Suggests that learning communities may effectively resolve this paradox. Focuses on one small community college in Louisiana, where a learning community is in the design stage. (Contains 15 references.) (ND)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Educational Quality, Learning, Learning Resources Centers, Learning Strategies, Outcomes of Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Methods, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nunez Community College LA