Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities

Preface xi

The Authors xvii

1 Introduction: The What and Why of Learning Communities 1

2 A Campus Culture for Sustaining Learning Communities 14
Anne Goodsell Love

3 Planning and Assessing the Curriculum 31

4 Pedagogy That Builds Community 54
Jodi Levine Laufgraben, Daniel Tompkins

5 Faculty Development 76

6 Developing Purposeful and Focused Assessment 97

7 Approaching Diversity Through Learning Communities 114
Emily Decker Lardner

8 Sustaining Living-Learning Programs 130
David Schoem

9 Next Steps: Expanding Our Understanding of Communities of Learning 157

References 173

Index 183