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Living Learning Communities: LLC Resource Guide

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Welcome to the Living Learning Communities Resource Guide. All resources are available through WKU Libraries. 

Journal Articles: Living Learning Communities

Bauer, R., & Susan, K. (2017). Nursing living-learning communities and student retention: A qualitative study. Nursing Education Perspectives, 38(2), 75-79.
Brower, A. M., & Inkelas, K. K. (2010). Living-learning programs: One high-impact education practice we now know a lot about. Liberal Education. 96(2), 36-43.
Doyle, J., Wheelis, M., Thompson, L., Strietzel, J. (2019). The impact of living-learning program scholarships on scholarship recipients. Journal of student affairs research and practice, 56)2), 221-234.
Gonyea, B., Fosnacht, K., & Fassett, K. (2020, Oct. 14). Revisiting the impact of living-learning communities on student engagement and success [Conference session]. ACUHO-I Academic Initiatives Conference, Virtual.
Hurtado, S. S. , Gonyea, R. M. , Graham, P. A. , Fosnacht, K. (2020). The relationship between residential learning communities and student engagement. Learning Communities Research and Practice, 8(1).
Petracchi, H. E., Weaver, A., Engel, R. J., Kolivoski, K. M., & Das, Rachelle. (2010). An assessment of service learning in a university living-learning community: Implications for community engagement. Journal of Community Practice. 18(2/3), 252-266.
Purdie II, J. R., & Rosser, V. J. (2011). Examining the academic performance and retention of first-year students in living-learning communities and first-year experience courses. College Student Affairs Journal. 29(2), 95-112.
Soldner, Rowan-Kenyon. (2012). Supporting students’ intentions to persist in STEM disciplines: The role of living-learning programs among other social-cognitive factors. The Journal of higher education 83(3), 311–336.
Spanierman, L., et al. (2013). Living learning communities and students' sense of community and belonging. Journal of student affairs research and practice, 50(3), 308-325.
Szelényi, K., & Inkelas, K. (2011). The role of living-learning programs in women’s plans to attend graduate school in STEM fields. Research in Higher Education. 52(4), 349-369.
Wawrzynski, M. R., & Jessup-Anger, J. E. (2010). From expectations to experiences: Using a structural typology to understand first-year student outcomes in academically based living-learning communities. Journal of College Development. 51(2), 201-217.
Wawrzynski, M. R., Jessup-Anger, J. E., & Stolz, K. (2009). Exploring students perceptions of academically based living-learning communities. College Student Affairs Journal. 28(1), 138-158.
Weiss, M., Visher, M., Weissman, E., & Wathington, H. (2015). The impact of learning communities for students in developmental education: A synthesis of findings from randomized trials at six community colleges. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(4), 520-541.

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