This guide for Menlo College faculty and staff includes suggestions for resources that will be useful in moving forward with our Live/Learn Initiative. It contains information on various aspects of learning communities, including service learning, interdisciplinary learning, and collaboration between academic and student affairs. Use these resources to develop programming inside and outside the classroom to reinforce student learning. This resource is a work-in-progress. Let us know works you come upon in your own research and we'll update the page regularly.

Books

Calderwood, Patricia E. Learning Community: Finding Common Ground in Difference. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000. [Electronic resource]

Gray, Maryann J. et al. Combining Service and Learning in Higher Education: Evaluation of the Learn and Serve America Higher Education Program. Santa Monica: RAND Education, 1999. [Electronic resource]

Laufgraben, Jodi Levine and Nancy S. Shapiro. Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. LB2341.L245 2004

O'Grady, Carolyn R., ed. Integrating Service Learning and Multicultural Education in Colleges and Universities. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates, 2000. [Electronic resource]

Smith, Barbara Leigh et al. Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. LB2331.L392 2004

Selected Periodical Articles

Akens, Cathy. "Building Community Out of Diversity: The FIU FYRST Program." College Student Affairs Journal 22.1 (2002): 46. Menlo College Library, Atherton. 3 Aug. 2006 <http://0-www.umi.com.rosie.menlo.edu/pqdauto>.

Allen, Barbara F.H. "Service Learning: A Guide to Selected Resources." Collection Building 24.4 (2005): 127-132. Menlo College Library, Atherton. 3 Aug. 2006 <http://0-www.emeraldinsight.com.rosie.menlo.edu/vl=1029615/cl=11/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-bin/emeraldft>.

Bennett, Gregg et al. "Student Experiences with Service-Learning in Sport Management." The Journal of Experiential Education 26.2 (2003): 61-69. Menlo College Library, Atherton. 3 Aug. 2006 <http://0-www.umi.com.rosie.menlo.edu/pqdauto>.

Dale, Paul A. and Drake, Tonya M. "Connecting Academic and Student Affairs to Enhance Student Learning and Success." New Directions for Community Colleges 131 (Fall 2005): 51-64. Menlo College Library, Atherton. 3 Aug. 2006 <http://0-newfirstsearch.oclc.org.rosie.menlo.edu/fsip?dbname=WilsonSelectPlus:entitywhoosh=true:next=html/advanced.html>.

Gabelnick, Faith. "Educating a Committed Citizenry." Change 29.1 (1997): 30-35. Menlo College Library, Atherton. 3 Aug. 2006 <http://0-www.umi.com.rosie.menlo.edu/pqdauto>.

Gearan, Mark D. "Engaging Communities: The Campus Compact Model." National Civic Review 94.2 (2005): 32-40. Menlo College Library, Atherton. 3 Aug. 2006 <http://0-newfirstsearch.oclc.org.rosie.menlo.edu/fsip?dbname=WilsonSelectPlus:entitywhoosh=true:next=html/advanced.html>.

Hesse, Maria, and Mason, Marybeth. "The Case for Learning Communities." Community College Journal 76.1 (2005): 30-35. Menlo College Library, Atherton. 3 Aug. 2006 <http://0-www.umi.com.rosie.menlo.edu/pqdauto>.

Schoem, David. "Transforming Undergraduate Education." Change 34.6 (2002): 50-55. Menlo College Library, Atherton. 3 Aug. 2006 <http://0-www.umi.com.rosie.menlo.edu/pqdauto>.

Selected Papers

American Association for Higher Education et al. "Powerful Partnerships: A Shared Responsibility for Learning; A Joint Report." NASPA Online (1998).

Kellogg, Karen. "Collaboration: Student Affairs and Academic Affairs Working Together to Promote Student Learning." ERIC Digest, ED432940 (1999).

Lardner, Emily Decker. "Approaching Diversity through Learning Communities." Washington Center Occasional Paper Winter 2003, Number 2.

Love, Patrick G. and Love, Anne Goodsell. "Enhancing Student Learning: Intellectual, Social, and Emotional Integration." ERIC Digest, ED400741 (1996).

Selected Web Sites

Learning Communities National Resource Center
http://www.evergreen.edu/washcenter/project.asp?pid=73
Sponsored by the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education at Evergreen State College, this site contains a wealth of information on learning communities, from the basics of what they are and why they are important to resources on institutional examples, rationale and models, assessment, and sustainability. An essential resource for understanding and implementing learning communities.

Campus Compact
http://www.compact.org
Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents dedicated "to promoting community service, civic engagement, and service-learning in higher education." This site includes many useful resources, including service learning program models, syllabi incorporating service learning into the classroom, annual service statistics, and research papers on topics such as service learning's impact on retention. Highly recommended.

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
http://www.servicelearning.org
Another site devoted to service learning and filled with valuable resources. There's a section devoted to higher education, as well as lists of resources and a library section containing bibliographies and links to journals and periodicals that deal with service learning.

NASPA online
http://www.naspa.org
NASPA is the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. In addition to information about professional development in the area of student affairs, this site contains a bibliography on the "Student Affairs/Academic Affairs Connection."

Resources Not in Bowman Library, Available via Interlibrary Loan

Ebert, Don. "Learning Communities and Collaborative Teaching: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Increasing Student Sucess and Retention." International Journal of Innovative Higher Education 13 (1999): 22-26. Abstract available through ERIC.

Harrison, Louis, Jr. et al. "Ear to the Streets: The Race, Hip-Hop, and Sports Learning Community at Louisiana State University." Journal of Black Studies 36.4 (2006): 622. Abstract available through ProQuest.

Ivanitskaya, Lana et. al. "Interdisciplinary Learning: Process and Outcomes." Innovative Higher Education 27.2 (2002): 95-111.

Jones, Peter R. "Developing an Empirically Based Typology of Attitudes of Entering Students Toward Participation in Learning Communities." Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 31.3 (2006): 249. Abstract available through ProQuest.

Kezar, Adrianna J. Understanding the Role of Academic and Student Affairs Collaboration in Creating a Successful Learning Environment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

McDonald, William M. et al. Collaboration and Community: Boyer's Guiding Principles. Washington, D.C.: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 2000. Abstract available through ERIC. Paper available for purchase from http://www.naspa.org.

McDonald, William M. Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer's Legacy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.