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I A-“dorm” College:Effects of Living Learning Communities on First-Year Adjustment and Satisfaction

Heilman, Savannah C
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1177603586

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2007, Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, College of Arts and Sciences - Communication.
Hundreds of thousands of students head off to college each fall facing the uncertainty of their first year. The factors predicting success of first year students are numerous, but center around one theme. The students must feel that they belong, developing a strong attachment to a group of friends, a professor or a student organization at the university. Many universities around the country have initiated Living Learning Communities (LLCs) to create cohesion amongst a smaller group of peers, grouping students by interest or major. The study analyzed a sample from a mid-sized Midwestern university that had implemented several LLCs. Students were allowed to preference which community they desired to live in and the demand for a few specific LLCs far exceeded the demand for others. This study examines how living learning communities differ in their effects on students first year of college. The previous research done about LLCs has revealed that the more a community adheres to the interest or theme assigned to it, the more successful the community. The location, courses offered in the residence hall and specialized programming all add to the unique and desirable community formed by a few LLCs. The findings of this study reveal interesting differences between LLCs.
Rose Marie Ward (Advisor)
Education, Higher
Living Learning Community; Adjustment; Satisfaction; First-Year Students

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  • Heilman, S. C. (2007). I A-“dorm” College:Effects of Living Learning Communities on First-Year Adjustment and Satisfaction [Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1177603586

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Heilman, Savannah. I A-“dorm” College:Effects of Living Learning Communities on First-Year Adjustment and Satisfaction. 2007. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1177603586.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Heilman, Savannah. "I A-“dorm” College:Effects of Living Learning Communities on First-Year Adjustment and Satisfaction." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1177603586

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