The assessement committee has provided information to assist you when drafting your report content.  Following are the demographic information of learning community students; indicators of program quality for each learning community, the student survey template and the Retention Report as presented to the WSU Board of Governors.

Learning Community Demographics
Learning Community Indicators of Program Quality
Student Voice Survey Template
Retention Report to the Board of Governors

Exerpt from the Retention Report:

What are Learning Communities?

“…communities organized along curricular lines, common career interests, avocational interests, residential living areas, and so on. These can be used to build a sense of group identity, cohesiveness, and uniqueness; to encourage continuity and the integration of diverse curricular and co-curricular experiences; and to counteract the isolation that many students feel.”

 - Astin, 1985, “Achieving Educational Excellence”

What’s new this year?

• Expanded learning community concept to include a variety of programs
  2005: 12 LC’s (Approx. 950 students)
  2006: 16 LC’s (Approx. 1500 students)
  2007: 21 LC’s (Approx. 1800 students)
• Introduced peer mentors for student learning teams of 15-20 students
  2006: (37 peer mentors)
• Expanded faculty participation in learning communities
  2006: Faculty and staff coordinators in every LC
• All LC’s have clearly delineated student learning outcomes and an assessment plan – assessments to be implemented at the end of Winter, 2007

Fall 2006 - Winter 2007 Retention