Open AccessAre You HIP?: How One Latinx Learning Community Integrates Ten High-Impact Practices to Foster Student Success
Author(s) -
Sandra M. Gonzales,
Stefanie Baier,
Ethriam Cash Brammer
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
student success
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2205-0795
DOI - 10.5204/ssj.1907
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , curriculum , community college , learning community , medical education , grade retention , psychology , retention rate , academic achievement , mathematics education , pedagogy , medicine , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , computer security
This practice report shares practices from a successful Latinx Studies learning community model at an urban research-intensive university in the Midwestern United States. The learning community model offers a tiered developmental curriculum to support the three different stages of a student’s journey, from enrollment to graduation. The three distinct phases of the learning community model are: a pre-college summer enrichment program, a first- and second-year college scholars program and a third and fourth-year college-to-career component. The model also integrates 10 out of 11 of Kuh’s (2008) high impact practices demonstrated to support student engagement and success for students making a direct transition from high school to university. The authors share gains in student retention and five-year graduation rates as evidence of effectiveness.