This monograph is part of the League for Innovation's learning initiative aimed at assisting community colleges in developing practices, programs, and policies that place learning at the heart of the educational enterprise. It highlights key innovations in the community colleges, distilling key elements from research on learning outcomes, the cognitive process, intellectual development, and the social construction of knowledge. It begins by discussing learning and outcomes, describing various research results, and providing a list of the most widespread principles deemed useful for practice, derived from 50 years of research on improving student learning. The author underscores the importance of student involvement with the people and activities of the college for greater academic success. The author then offers suggestions for creating effective learning communities, citing a learning community at Seattle Central Community College that involves students and faculty in an integrated curriculum. Approaches on learning and process are explored, with a focus on cognitive and developmental process. The monograph concludes with a discussion on learning and social constructivism, one of the most prominent learning theories today. (Contains 31 references.) (YKH)