Lessons from a Scale-Up of Residentially Linked Courses

• Published in: Learning communities research and practice Vol. 4; no. 2
• Main Authors: Coker, Jeffrey S, Patch, Paula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Evergreen State College's Washington Center, the National Resource for Learning Communities 2016
• Subjects: Faculty Development; General Education; Leadership; Learner Engagement; Neighborhoods; Service Learning; North Carolina

One form of learning community involves students taking a shared academic course while living together. At Elon University between 2011 and 2015, in a partnership between academic and student life portions of the university, this form of learning community was scaled up to include more than half of...