The Residential Learning Community as a Platform for High-Impact Educational Practices Aimed at At-Risk Student Success

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Bryan Hall
Tom O'Neal

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This paper reports and analyzes the findings of a residential learning community (RLC) project for academically at-risk students piloted in academic year 2013-14 at Indiana University Southeast. Consisting of an array of high-impact practices, and using both student self- reporting measures of our own design and a rubric-based assessment of academic performance, the cohort was retained at a higher rate and performed better on both content outcomes and analytical abilities than their non-RLC peers. These students also expressed a high degree of connectedness to their peers and instructors as well as greater engagement with the university.

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Hall, B., & O’Neal, T. (2016). The Residential Learning Community as a Platform for High-Impact Educational Practices Aimed at At-Risk Student Success. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 16(6), 42–55. https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v16i6.19585
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