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Residential Colleges

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  • Berger, J. B. (1997). Students’ sense of community in residence halls, social integration, and first-year persistence. Journal of College Student Development, 38, 441-452.

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  • Blimling, G. S. (1998). The benefits and limitations of residential colleges: A meta-analysis of the research. In F. K. Alexander & D. E. Roberson (Eds.), Residential colleges: Reforming American higher education. Seattle, WA: Boeing Company.

  • Caison, A. L. & Jaeger, A. J. (2006). Rethinking Criteria for Trainign and Selection: An Inquiry into the Emotional Intelligence of Resident Assistants. NASPA Journal, 43(1), 8.

  • Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. (1990). Campus life: in search of community. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

  • Clark, J.H., Miser, R., & Roberts, J. (1998). Freshman residential programs: Effects of living-learning structure, faculty involvement, and thematic focus. Journal of college and University Student Housing, 18(2), 7-13.

  • Dillon, K.E. (1998). Residential colleges as laboratories of character and community. In F. K. Alexander & D. E. Robertson (Eds.), Residential colleges: Reforming American higher education. Seattle, Washington: Boeing Company.

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  • Harmon, W.W. (1998). The emergence of the residential college: The academical village revisited. In F. K. Alexander D. E. Robertson (Eds.), Residential colleges: Reforming American higher education. Seattle, Washington: Boeing Company.

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  • Magolda, P. & Abowitz, K. K. (1997). Communities and tribes in residential living. Teachers College Record, 99, 266-310.

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  • O’Hara, R. J. (2001). How to build a residential college. Planning for Higher Education, 30(2), 52-57.

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  • Palmer, P. (2002). The quest for community in higher education. In W. M. McDonald and Associates, Creating campus community: In search of Ernest Boyer’s legacy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.