Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities

Preface. The Authors. 1. Introduction: The What and Why of Learning Communities. 2. A Campus Culture for Sustaining Learning Communities (Anne Goodsell Love). 3. Planning and Assessing the Curriculum. 4. Pedagogy That Builds Community (Jodi Levine Laufgraben, Daniel Tompkins). 5. Faculty Development. 6. Developing Purposeful and Focused Assessment. 7. Approaching Diversity Through Learning Communities (Emily Decker Lardner). 8. Sustaining Living-Learning Programs (David Schoem). 9. Next Steps: Expanding Our Understanding of Communities of Learning. References. Index.