Research Shows…
Living-Learning Communities are considered a High-Impact Educational Practice by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, because they increase student engagement, retention, and persistence.
Research shows that students who participate in a Loyola Living-Learning Community report significantly higher ratings in:
- Intent to stay at Loyola
- Making friends and feeling connected to other students
- Overall learning in the residence halls
- Overall satisfaction with their residential experience
- Connection to faculty
- Access to peer role models and professional mentors
- Learning-focused conversations
- Leadership skills
(Sources: Residence Life Survey 2019, 2018, 20217, EBI Survey 2016-17, Survey of Integrated Living-Learning Programs 2016-17)
Additionally, peer-reviewed published research shows that students who participate in a Learning Community:
- Report higher overall engagement
- Graduate at higher rates
- Drink alcohol at lower rates and engage less in high-risk drinking
- Show higher gains in intellectual and social development
- Have more social interaction with peers
- Show increased gains in critical thinking and reading comprehension
- Have more interaction with faculty
(Selected Sources: Zhao and Kuh (2004), Brower, Golde, and Allen (2003), McCabe et al. (2008), Tinto (1999))
Living-Learning Communities are considered a High-Impact Educational Practice by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, because they increase student engagement, retention, and persistence.
Research shows that students who participate in a Loyola Living-Learning Community report significantly higher ratings in:
- Intent to stay at Loyola
- Making friends and feeling connected to other students
- Overall learning in the residence halls
- Overall satisfaction with their residential experience
- Connection to faculty
- Access to peer role models and professional mentors
- Learning-focused conversations
- Leadership skills
(Sources: Residence Life Survey 2019, 2018, 20217, EBI Survey 2016-17, Survey of Integrated Living-Learning Programs 2016-17)
Additionally, peer-reviewed published research shows that students who participate in a Learning Community:
- Report higher overall engagement
- Graduate at higher rates
- Drink alcohol at lower rates and engage less in high-risk drinking
- Show higher gains in intellectual and social development
- Have more social interaction with peers
- Show increased gains in critical thinking and reading comprehension
- Have more interaction with faculty
(Selected Sources: Zhao and Kuh (2004), Brower, Golde, and Allen (2003), McCabe et al. (2008), Tinto (1999))