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Learning Communities

Reports

Retention

One-Year, Two-Year, Three-Year, and Four-Year University Retention Rates Associated with First-Year Participation in a Learning Community at Iowa State University by First-Time, Full-Time Students, Fall 1998 to Fall 2005 Cohorts (Shelley & Epperson, 2007) (PDF)

Estimate of Additional Tuition (and Fees) Revenue Attributable to Increased Retention From Participation in Learning Communities, 1999-00 to 2006-07 (PDF link)

Iowa State University Learning Community Retention Report - Fall 2005 (pdf)

A Longitudinal Study of Iowa State University 2000-2003 National Survey of Student Engagement Data (pdf)

A Longitudinal Study of Iowa State University 2000-2003 National Survey of Student Engagement Data and Learning Community Participation (pdf)

2003 Learning Community Retention Report - Cohorts 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 (October 2003)    (pdf)

One-, two-, & three-year university retention rates associated with first-year participation in a learning community at ISU (including controls for HS Rank and ACT) (March 2002)    (pdf)

One-, two, & three-year retention report (October 2001)    (pdf)

Report on one-Year and two-year university retention rates associated with first-year participation in a learning community at ISU (October 2000)    (pdf)

Survey

Results from the 2001 ISU Undergraduate Education Survey and Learning Community Survey    (pdf)

Final report of the ISU Undergraduate Education Survey 2000: A comparison of learning community participants and non-participants    (pdf)

Assessment Subcommittee Reports

2000-01 report from the Assessment Subcommittee (presented at the May 2001 LC Institute)   (pdf)

2001-02 report from the Assessment Subcommittee (presented at the May 2002 LC Institute)    (pdf)

2002-03 report from the Assessment Subcommittee (presented at the May 2003 LC Institute)    (pdf)

2004-05 report from the Assessment Subcommittee (presented at the May 2005 LC Institute) (pdf)

2005-06 report from the Assessment Subcommittee (presented at the May 2006 LC Institute) (pdf)

Other Reports

Learning Community Seat Reservation by Section (pdf)

Learning Community Participation Levels for First Year, Full-Time Students by College (pdf)

Reflections on ISU Learning Communities from Jean MacGregor (October 2005) (pdf)

Faculty perceptions of learning activities and learning communities at Iowa State University (May 2004)    (pdf)

Appendix A: Survey "Faculty perceptions of learning activities and learning communities"   (pdf)

Report from consultants Pat Hutchings and Barbara Leigh Smith (March 2003) -- Executive summary       Full report

Awareness and perceptions of learning communities among Iowa State freshmen - Survey conducted by Enrollment Services Survey and Assessment (ESSAy) (Spring 2002)    (pdf)

Learning Communities Growth and Student Performance (presented at the President's Council, April 19, 2002) (pdf)

Learning Community Coordinators: Why they start, why they keep going - Survey conducted by the Communications Subcommittee of the Learning Community Advisory Committee, Iowa State University (April 2000)

Learning Communities Year End Report (August 1999)

"Its working" (January 1999)