Conference

Assessing the Multicultural Learning Community

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Abstract

Institutions across the country have adopted learning communities to assist first-year students in the transition to college. The Multicultural Leaming Community at Iowa State University offers an educational program and social and cultural opportunities for students who wish to explore issues related to race, ethnicity, and gender through class work and special activities. Students in this learning community live in Friley Hall and take common courses in English and liberal arts and sciences. Special cultural activities and social events are a part of the program. In this session, quantitative and qualitative results from a study conducted to assess the Multicultural Leaming Community will be shared by a professor and instructor affiliated with the program, and a graduate research assistant working with learning community assessment at Iowa State.