ERIC Number: ED639102
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 191
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3803-3689-5
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On College Student Success, Living-Learning Communities, and Self-Regulated Learning: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Kevin Thomas
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Northeastern University
Living-learning communities have surfaced as a high-impact practice designed to combat student attrition and support student success in higher education. Despite this connection to high-impact practices, there is limited understanding regarding how living-learning communities develop self-regulated learners, a key characteristic of student success. Studies regarding living-learning communities and student success have usually been attentive to academic achievement, retention, graduation rates, student engagement, and transition to college. This interpretative phenomenological study focused on how living-learning communities foster educational environments that develop self-regulated learners, a key indicator of college student success. The research site was one of the largest Historically Black Colleges-Universities in the southeastern region. The target population was first-generation undergraduate college students matriculating through a living-learning community. The results of the study found that living-learning communities encompass several vital mechanisms that help the program foster an educational environment conducive to developing self-regulated learners. This study serves to provide disciplinary leaders, organizational leaders, and policy makers with pertinent knowledge about the interwovenness of living-learning communities, self-regulation, and college student success. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Management, Educational Environment, Black Colleges, First Generation College Students, Educational Practices, Undergraduate Students, Living Learning Centers, Community
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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