NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Living-Learning Programs and First-Generation College Students' Academic and Social Transition to College
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi; Daver, Zaneeta E.; Vogt, Kristen E.; Leonard, Jeannie Brown – Research in Higher Education, 2007
This study examines the role of living-learning (L/L) programs in facilitating first-generation students' perceived academic and social transition to college. Using a sample of 1,335 first-generation students from 33 4-year institutions who participated in the National Study of Living-Learning Programs during Spring 2004, the results of the study…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Dormitories, First Generation College Students, Student Adjustment
Examining Sense of Belonging among First-Year Undergraduates from Different Racial/Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Johnson, Dawn R.; Soldner, Mathew; Leonard, Jeannie Brown; Alvarez, Patty; Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi; Rowan-Kenyon, Heather; Longerbeam, Susan – Journal of College Student Development, 2007
This study examined sense of belonging among a national sample of 2,967 first-year students. Guided by the work of Hurtado and Carter (1997), relationships between several aspects of the college environment and sense of belonging were examined. Findings indicated that African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian Pacific American students reported…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Pacific Islanders, Dormitories, College Environment
Learning Moves Home
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi; Zeller, William J.; Murphy, Rena K.; Hummel, Mary L. – About Campus, 2006
The variety of problems identified with undergraduate education at large research universities may best be summed up by a disquieting portrait provided by the Boyer Commission. In its 1998 report, called "Reinventing Undergraduate Education", the commission described thousands of undergraduates receiving instruction from novice teaching…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Students, Research Universities, Schools
Measuring Outcomes of Living-Learning Programs: Examining College Environments and Student Learning and Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi; Vogt, Kristen E.; Longerbeam, Susan D.; Owen, Julie; Johnson, Dawn – Journal of General Education, 2006
The National Study of Living-Learning Programs (NSLLP) survey instrument was designed to assess college environments and student learning and development outcomes associated with participation in living-learning programs. Data from the NSLLP show that students in living-learning programs demonstrate higher self-reported engagement and outcomes…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Boarding Schools, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Program Effectiveness