Enhancing the Educational Impact of Residence Halls: The Relationship between Residential Learning Communities and First-Year College Experiences and Persistence.

Pike, Gary R.; Schroeder, Charles C.; Berry, Thomas R.

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Publication Date: 1997

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Enhancing the Educational Impact of Residence Halls: The Relationship between Residential Learning Communities and First-Year College Experiences and Persistence.

Pike, Gary R.; Schroeder, Charles C.; Berry, Thomas R.

Journal of College Student Development, v38 n6 p609-21 Nov-Dec 1997

Examines the relationship between residential learning communities and students' experiences and persistence during the first year of college. Data taken from 2,678 students indicated that the residential learning communities did not improve students' academic achievement and persistence directly, but did indirectly improve students' success by enhancing their incorporation into college. (RJM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dormitories, Higher Education, Residential Colleges, School Holding Power, Social Integration, Student Attitudes, Student College Relationship

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Language: English

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