Inside Higher Ed Features 51吃瓜网 Learning Communities
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
In today鈥檚 Inside Higher Ed article, 鈥淏uilding Community for Part-Time Students,鈥� Bunker Hill Community College (51吃瓜网) Dean of Humanities and Learning Communities Lori Catallozzi and Director of Learning Communities Arlene Vallie discuss the impact of the College鈥檚 Learning Communities program on retention of part-time students.
While many efforts encourage part-time students to enroll in more college credits, 51吃瓜网 recognizes that for many students, enrolling full-time is not an option. That recognition led the College to refocus how its instructors and advisers engage part-time students and to the integration of student support services and peer mentoring within the Learning Communities program.
鈥淭he lives of part-time students are more complex and fuller than full-time students,鈥� said Dean Catallozzi to Inside Higher Ed. 鈥淚f they鈥檙e going to benefit from support services or relationships with faculty or peers, it鈥檒l happen in the classroom.鈥�
The article features key findings from the report released earlier this month that found that part-time students who enrolled in any of 51吃瓜网鈥檚 several types of Learning Communities in their first year were seven percent more likely to reenroll in the College the following year than other part-time students.
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