Living Learning Communities – On-Demand Training

High Impact Practices To Increase Belonging, Mattering & Retention

With students experiencing higher rates of loneliness, depression and a lack of connection – Living Learning Communities (LLC’s) provide the intentional, cohorted support spaces for students to deepen their institutional mattering and belonging.

Our expert presenter will help lay the foundation to intentionally build LLCs with student, staff, and faculty buy-in and partnership. She will identify the different types of LLC designs based on their goals and intent so that you can design and support your students’ need for belonging and mattering.

Explore creative ways you can incorporate LLCs into your institution’s mission and remove obstacles. You’ll be able to adapt these practical approaches to student development to your specific campus’ needs to increase student satisfaction and completion rates. 

Topics Covered

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Identify different types of LLCs, their structures and designs, and the ways that they can provide cohort experiences to best support student mattering and belonging.
• Understand the key components needed to foster a collaborative approach to build intentional LLCs with student, staff, and faculty buy-in.
• Overcome barriers to developing a living/learning environment that fosters a culture of faculty engagement and partnership to meet the needs of marginalized students more holistically.
• Analyze the latest data on these high impact practices to ensure you are meeting the needs of your students who are most often pushed to the margins within higher education.
• Develop next steps to create or modify your current LLCs to better meet the needs of your campus community. 
  

Presenter

Dr. Laura L. Arroyo (she/her/hers) currently serves as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Colleges, Housing and Educational Services at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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