Creating Learning Communities: A Practical Guide to Winning Support, Organizing for Change, and Implementing Programs
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NANCY S. SHAPIRO is director of the K-16 Teaching-Learning Partnership in the Office of Academic Affairs, University System of Maryland. She was founding executive director of the College Park Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, College Park.
JODI H. LEVINE is director of First-Year Programs at Temple University and teaches in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.
JODI H. LEVINE is director of First-Year Programs at Temple University and teaches in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.
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Introduction: Why Learning Communities?
Types and Models of Learning Communities.
Creating a Campus Culture for Learning Communities.
Developing the Curricula.
Recasting Faculty Roles and Rewards.
Building Administrative Partnerships.
Putting Administrative Structures in Place.
Evaluating and Assessing Learning Communities.
How Learning Communities Affect Students, Faculty, and the Institution.
Concluding Advice and Reflections on Creating Learning Communities.
Appendix: Learning Communities Contacts.
Types and Models of Learning Communities.
Creating a Campus Culture for Learning Communities.
Developing the Curricula.
Recasting Faculty Roles and Rewards.
Building Administrative Partnerships.
Putting Administrative Structures in Place.
Evaluating and Assessing Learning Communities.
How Learning Communities Affect Students, Faculty, and the Institution.
Concluding Advice and Reflections on Creating Learning Communities.
Appendix: Learning Communities Contacts.
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"...provides excellent practical advice that should be required reading...." (Planning for Higher Education, September 2002)
