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The Impact of Learning Communities on Student Engaged Learning, Wellbeing, and Civic Development: Towards an Inclusive Model for Higher Education |
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This paper makes the argument that the current issues facing college students today may be best addressed through the systematic assessment of the interconnections between student engaged learning, student mental health and well-being, and civic development. Previous research has eluded to the benefits of these connections but has failed to specifically address linkages across all three. This paper uses both quantitative and qualitative data drawn from two consecutive cohorts of first-year students within and outside a learning community program to assess the impact of this engaged learning program on student mental health and well-being, and civic development. Additionally, different types of learning communities are also analyzed to see how nuances in engaged learning initiatives may further impact these connections. |
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| Finley, Ashley. "The Impact of Learning Communities on Student Engaged Learning, Wellbeing, and Civic Development: Towards an Inclusive Model for Higher Education" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p242732_index.html> |
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| Finley, A. P. , 2008-07-31 "The Impact of Learning Communities on Student Engaged Learning, Wellbeing, and Civic Development: Towards an Inclusive Model for Higher Education" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p242732_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper makes the argument that the current issues facing college students today may be best addressed through the systematic assessment of the interconnections between student engaged learning, student mental health and well-being, and civic development. Previous research has eluded to the benefits of these connections but has failed to specifically address linkages across all three. This paper uses both quantitative and qualitative data drawn from two consecutive cohorts of first-year students within and outside a learning community program to assess the impact of this engaged learning program on student mental health and well-being, and civic development. Additionally, different types of learning communities are also analyzed to see how nuances in engaged learning initiatives may further impact these connections. |
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| The Impact of Learning Communities on Student Engaged Learning Wellbeing and Civic Development: Towards an Inclusive Model for Higher Education Ashley P. Finley Dickinson College Department of Sociology 209A Denny Hall Carlisle PA 17013 11608 Paper submission prepared for the 2008 American Sociological Association Meetings Boston MA. Abstract This paper makes the argument that the current issues facing college students today may be best addressed through the systematic assessment of the interconnections between student engaged learning student mental health and wellbeing and civic development. Previous research has eluded to the benefits of these connections but has failed to specifically address linkages across all three. This paper uses both quantitative and qualitative data drawn from two consecutive cohorts of firstyear students within and outside a learning community program to assess the impact of this engaged learning program on student mental health and wellbeing and civic development. Additionally different types of learning communities are also analyzed to see how nuances in engaged learning initiatives may further impact these connections. 2 Introduction Much attention has been given to several contemporary issues in higher education today – none of which is particularly good news for students faculty administrators or parents. One student mental health and wellbeing have increasingly become topics of concern as research has indicated greater tendencies for college students today to have suicidal thoughts to feel depressed anxious and/or distressed (Soet & Sevig 2006). There has also been a sharp increase in enrollment on college campuses of students with severe psychological problems (Kisch Leino & Silverman 2005). Additionally the impact of alcohol use and binge drinking on student wellbeing has continued to receive enormous amounts attention both by education researchers scholars (Oswalt Shutt English Davis Little 2007; Wechsler Lee Kuo et al. 2002) and within popular media (see for example Nuwer 1999; Zailckas 2005). Moreover considering the topic of alcohol (ab)use on college campuses has been circulating within higher education for well into a decade now suggests this issue is nowhere near amelioration. Two tuition hikes the decline in tenuretrack positions and depleted college resources have spurred questions regarding the state of learning on college campuses. In particular a good deal of research has focused on the depth of student “engagement.” Specifically research has noted the degree to which college students have come to see institutions of higher learning as breeding grounds for passivity alienation and overall dissatisfaction rather than intellectual stimulation and challenge (Hassel & Lourey 2005; Kuh 2007; Mohr Eiche & Selacek 1998). For social scientists the invocation of Marx’s notion of “alienation” is particularly effective in documenting student malaise; a disconnect from the essential element of identity. Such research that highlights the way in which students feel peripheral or nonessential |
| 20 Development: A Review of the Literature.” Liberal Education. 93(1): 1625. Wechsler Henry Jae Eun Lee Meichun Kuo Mark Seibring Tobin Nelson and Hang Lee. “Trends in College Binge Drinking During a Period of Increased Prevention Efforts.” Journal of American College Health. 50(5): 203217. Zailckas Koren. 2005. Smashed. London: Penguin. Ziemelis Andris Ronald Bucknam Abdulaziz Elfessi. “Prevention Efforts Underlying Decreases in Binge Drinking and institutions of Higher Education.” Journal of American College Health. 50(5): 238252. 21 |
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