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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))