Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education

Learning Communities is a groundbreaking book that shows how learning communities (LCs) can be a flexible and effective approach to enhancing student learning, promoting curricular coherence, and revitalizing faculty. Written by Barbara Leigh Smith, Jean MacGregor, Roberta S. Matthews, and Faith Gabelnick¾acclaimed national leaders in the learning communities movement¾this important book provides the historical, conceptual, and philosophical context for LCs and clearly demonstrates that they can be a key element in institutional transformation.

• Student Development in College: Theory, Research, and Practice
• One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice
• Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities
• Creating Learning Communities: A Practical Guide to Winning Support, Organizing for Change, and Implementing Programs
• Creating Multicultural Change on Campus
• Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession
• Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs
• Linked Courses for General Education and Integrative Learning: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators
• Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Higher Education (Jossey-bass Higher and Adult Education)
• Powerful Learning Communities: A Guide to Developing Student, Faculty, and Professional Learning Communities to Improve Student Success and Organizational Effectiveness