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Download full textGenareo, Vincent R.; Meyer, Amber; Burgess, Claudia R.; Soto Ramirez, Nina – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
In 2019, [Sunny] (City, State) was awarded a federal College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) grant designed to provide necessary support for the first-year success of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their direct families. This article describes programming of the CAMP grant, focusing on how it functions as a learning community through its…
Descriptors: College Programs, Migrant Programs, Migrants, College Freshmen
Farrelly, Denise – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
Maintaining a learning community's status as a high-impact practice involves understanding the factors that contribute to their effectiveness in increasing retention, engagement, and overall academic success. By creating diverse small groups in which students are encouraged to support one another academically, both during and outside of class, the…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education
Ericksen, Kirsten S.; Eason, Angel L.; Thomas, Kathleen S.; Jenkins, Vanessa C.; Simmons, Shana D. – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
This manuscript discusses the creation of online strategies to support belonging while de-stressing for learning community student participants during the compounded stress of the world epidemic of COVID-19 and final exams. De-stress techniques were implemented via Instagram Live and were presented and facilitated as an easily accessible activity…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Stress Management
Investigating and Reflecting on the Experiences of STEM Students in a Residential Learning Community
Wagnon, Amber E.; Hubbard, Keith – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
The National Science Foundation projects that the United States could see over 2 million unfilled STEM jobs in 2025 (National Science Foundation, 2018). At Redacted University for Review faculty from the STEM fields have undertaken the Science and Mathematics Attraction, Retention, and Training for Texas (SMART Texas) project, a National Science…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Residential Programs, Communities of Practice, Program Effectiveness
Kramlich, Deborah J.; Cunliff, Ed; Sathe, Laurie Anderson; Zakrzewski, Tes C.; Romano, Alessandra; Longmore, Anne-Liisa; Brunstein, Jannette; Marsick, Victoria – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
Research around learning community models often shows a structured and defined model to follow with the underlying assumption being if the steps are followed, the results will come. The model we offer in this paper is rather counter-cultural as it was not a specific process or practice we followed; rather, we found ourselves in a highly engaging,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Ecology, Inclusion, Models
Jankens, Adrienne; Varty, Nicole Guinot; Shier, Haley; Borkosh, Michelle – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
In this paper, we describe an IRB-approved (exempt) study designed to help us understand the impact that engaging with a peer mentor has on student learning in the online, intermediate composition classroom. Our study aimed to both identify the quantity of student interactions with peer mentors in online intermediate composition courses and to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Peer Teaching, Mentors
Comess, Jill; Burwell, Cynthia – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
This perspective article discusses how a health-related learning community was incorporated to help freshman students learn about health and wellness and prevent weight gain at an HBCU. Freshman students often gain weight during their first year away from home. These students make poor diet and exercise choices during their transition to college…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Freshmen, Health Promotion, Wellness
Jaiswal, Aparajita; Magana, Alejandra J.; Lyon, Joseph A.; Gundlach, Ellen; Ward, Mark D. – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
The discipline of data science is gaining attention due to a significant increase in the amount of data generated on a real-time basis. Despite the efforts from the institutions and national agencies, it has been witnessed that there have been substantial challenges in retaining and attracting students in the discipline of data science. Learning…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Student Experience, Communities of Practice, College Freshmen
