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Residential Learning Communities: Creating Connections between Students, Faculty, and Student Affairs Departments
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Zeller, William J. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2017
Recent trends in higher education have called for renewed vitality in the connections between the in-class and out-of-class experiences. This movement has sparked increased interest in the interactions students have with each other, with instructional faculty, and with Student Affairs professionals. This article describes how residential learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Student Personnel Workers, Partnerships in Education, College Faculty
The Impact of Learning Communities on First Year Students' Growth and Development in College
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Rocconi, Louis M. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
This study investigated the direct and indirect relationships between participating in a learning community, student engagement, and self-reported learning outcomes. Using a sample of 241 freshmen at a single urban research university who took the "College Student Experiences Questionnaire," the results indicate that after controlling…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Community Involvement, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen
Where Are the Liberal Arts? AIR 1999 Annual Forum Paper.
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Pace, C. Robert; Connolly, Mark – 1999
This study examined trends in students majoring in the liberal arts. Responses to the College Student Experiences Questionnaire at each of five types of institutions (Selective Liberal Arts, General Liberal Arts, Comprehensive Colleges and Universities, Doctoral Universities, and Research Universities) and at four time periods (1983-86, 1990-91,…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Liberal Arts
Where Are the Liberal Arts?
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Pace, C. Robert; Connolly, Mark – Research in Higher Education, 2000
Responses to the College Student Experiences Questionnaire at five types of institutions (selective liberal arts, general liberal arts, comprehensive, doctoral, and research) from 1983 through 1998 show that the percentage of students majoring in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences has decreased in the selective liberal arts colleges and…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Liberal Arts
African-American Students' Experiences of Good Practices: A Comparison of Institutional Type
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Seifert, Tricia A.; Drummond, Jerri; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
Using the principles of good practice in undergraduate education defined by Chickering and Gamson (1987, 1991), this study examined the role of institutional type in African-American students' experiences. Controlling for confounding influences, students attending historically Black colleges reported significantly greater levels of good practices…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Experience, Comparative Analysis, Undergraduate Study
College in the Information Age: Gains Associated with Students' Use of Technology
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Strayhorn, Terrell L. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2006
Increasingly college students are expected to use computers and technology in their studies. This study estimated the relationship between students' use of technology and self-reported educational gains. These gains range from general learning outcomes to specific outcomes related to computers and technology. Results suggest a modest, but…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Achievement Gains, Influence of Technology, College Students