Description
Reimagine Engagement, Persistence and Student Success
Living Learning Communities (LLCs) have been one of higher education’s most powerful tools for building connections, deepening learning, and improving retention for years. But today’s students are navigating a very different landscape. One marked by isolation, uncertainty and a growing struggle to feel like they matter on campus. LLCs should be part of the solution, but only when designed with intention, clarity, and alignment to the lived experiences of today’s learners.
Gather your colleagues from across campus and join us as our expert presenter will help lay the foundation to intentionally give you the clarity, tools, and confidence to build more intentional, sustainable LLCs that strengthen belonging and mattering, improve collaboration across academic and student life divisions, and create environments where students feel seen, supported, and connected.
You’ll learn how to build relationship rich, purpose driven LLCs that are responsive, equitable, and aligned with your campus mission, not just programs that look good on paper. This is your opportunity to transform LLCs from “another program to manage” into a strategic, high impact engine for student success.
Topics Covered
Participants will gain practical, actionable strategies to:
- Build more intentional, sustainable LLCs that strengthen belonging and mattering, improve collaboration across academic and student life divisions and create environments where students feel seen, supported, and connected.
- Identify and overcome barriers to faculty engagement, building stronger, more sustainable partnerships.
- Differentiate between LLC models and match structure, staffing, and scale to your intended outcomes.
- Design specific experiences that strengthen belonging, mattering, and persistence, especially for students at greater risk of disengagement.
- Re-envision LLCs through a margin to center lens, ensuring that communities reflect and respond to the lived experiences of the students they serve.
Presenter
Dr. Laura L. Arroyo currently serves as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Colleges, Housing and Educational Services at the University of California, Santa
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Included When You Purchase
- 75 or 90-minute online session with carefully selected expert(s)
- Unlimited access to view session recording for two years
- Materials for your team (handouts, discussion questions, etc.)
- Certificate of completion for each participant
Instructions for access are available immediately upon checkout. You may share this On-Demand Training with any staff members from your campus community. For information about licensing this training for unlimited distribution on your institution’s internal network/server, email info@paper-clip.com.
