TY - JOUR
T1 - Living learning communities and students' sense of community and belonging
AU - Spanierman, Lisa B.
AU - Soble, Jason R.
AU - Mayfield, Jennifer B.
AU - Neville, Helen A.
AU - Aber, Mark
AU - Khuri, Lydia
AU - De La Rosa, Belinda
N1 - Funding Information:
Lisa B. Spanierman,Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University. Jason R. Soble and Jennifer B. Mayfield were doctoral students, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois. Helen A. Neville, Professor, Departments of Educational Psychology and African American Studies and Mark Aber, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois. Lydia Khuri, Program Director, University Housing and Belinda De La Rosa, special assistant to the Dean of Students, University of Illinois.This project was partly funded by Ford Foundation Grant 1045-0615 awarded to the University of Illinois. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Lisa Spanierman at [email protected].
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - The authors examined the association between living learning communities (LLCs) and undergraduates' sense of community and belonging to their university and residence halls. LLC students scored higher on sense of belonging in residence, but not on campus, than did students in non-LLCs. Analysis of openended responses suggested that LLC students found meaning in their LLCs with regard to obtaining social and academic support, engaging in multicultural experiences, and becoming leaders. Implications for practice are discussed.
AB - The authors examined the association between living learning communities (LLCs) and undergraduates' sense of community and belonging to their university and residence halls. LLC students scored higher on sense of belonging in residence, but not on campus, than did students in non-LLCs. Analysis of openended responses suggested that LLC students found meaning in their LLCs with regard to obtaining social and academic support, engaging in multicultural experiences, and becoming leaders. Implications for practice are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1515/jsarp-2013-0022
DO - 10.1515/jsarp-2013-0022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84892185118
SN - 1949-6605
VL - 50
SP - 308
EP - 325
JO - Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
JF - Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
IS - 3
ER -