The term “community of learners” (COL) has been around for decades in education. COLs emerge when interest and knowledge are shared among learners. The idea is to empower learners to collectively ...

Community can be built on every course, deepening learning and improving the experience for everyone. Find out how ...

Recently, one of us had a conversation with a colleague about a new initiative she is hoping to start. One piece of this initiative will be building a new national network to encourage conversation, ...

Gertrude Stein was wrong: a rose is not necessarily a rose. Calling something a rose doesn’t make it a rose. Take the example of learning communities, one of the high-impact practices that contributes ...

The Lindy Center for Civic Engagement supports faculty in creating and advocating for Community-Based and Community-Engaged learning pedagogy. This pedagogy unites classroom learning, engagement ...

“I thought the phrase ‘one to the world’ was right on target, because when you connect students with authentic, challenging problems in the world, that’s a game-changer, whereas connecting students ...

In these communities, students with shared academic, social and cultural interests live on the same floor and attend courses together. This experience is considered a "high-impact practice," promoting ...

In seeking to improve the health outcomes of people in underserved communities, philanthropy’s results have, in general, been disappointing: Socioeconomic and racial injustices run so deep in these ...