Learning communities : reforming undergraduate education / Barbara Leigh Smith ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Learning communities and undergraduate education reform -- 2. Learning community history : education for what? : education for whom? -- 3. Learning community curricular structures -- 4. Core practices in learning communities -- 5. General education, the first year of college, and learning communities -- 6. Success for all : learning communities in basic skills and English as a second language settings -- 7. Information and feedback : using assessment to strengthen and sustain learning communities -- 8. Recruiting and supporting learning community teachers -- 9. Initiating and sustaining learning communities -- 10. The future of learning communities.

Shows how learning communities can be a flexible and effective approach to enhancing student learning, promoting curricular coherence, and revitalizing faculty. Provides the historical, conceptual, and philosophical context for learning communities and demonstrates that they can be a key element in institutional transformation. From publisher description.