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Culver, K. C.; Swanson, Elise; Hallett, Ronald E.; Kezar, Adrianna – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background/Context: Low-income, racially minoritized, and first-generation college students (at-promise students) attending predominantly White, middle class institutions often face inequitable access to enriching educational opportunities, discrimination, and marginalization, creating barriers to their success. Institutions are increasingly…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, At Risk Students, Minority Group Students, Learner Engagement
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Benjamin, Mimi – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2020
Peer mentors in learning communities for first-year students aid new students in their transition to college. However, little is known about how these peer mentors address concerning student behaviors, particularly those that may suggest a psychiatric/psychological disability. This research addressed the issue by asking peer mentors how they were…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Peer Relationship, Mentors, Student Adjustment
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Sweeder, Ryan D.; Kursav, Merve N.; Cass, Samantha M. F.; Matz, Rebecca L. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2019
As a residential college within Michigan State University that focuses on STEM fields, Lyman Briggs College developed a STEM learning community to support students with low mathematics placement test scores, the Instilling Quantitative and Integrative Reasoning program (INQUIRE). INQUIRE serves some of those students considered historically…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Communities of Practice, College Mathematics, Student Placement
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Brown, Chris; Taylor, Carol; Ponambalum, Lorna – London Review of Education, 2016
The Haverstock Primary to Secondary Transition Project was designed to improve the experience of transition to secondary school for vulnerable pupils in Camden (London). The project used lesson study to help primary and secondary practitioners work collaboratively, to develop effective cross-phase pedagogical approaches to teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Students, Transitional Programs, Communities of Practice