case managers and the freshman academy learning community
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Learning Communities Research and Practice
Volume 1 | Issue 1 Article 3
1-28-2013
Case Managers and the Freshman AcademyLearning Community: The Results of Involving aVariety of Campus Personnel in First-Year StudentMentoringGail SummerskillJohnson C. Smith University, [email protected]
Cathy JonesJohnson C. Smith University, [email protected]
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Recommended CitationSummerskill, G. , Jones, C. (2013). Case Managers and the Freshman Academy Learning Community: The Results of Involving aVariety of Campus Personnel in First-Year Student Mentoring. Learning Communities Research and Practice, 1(1), Article 3.Available at: http://washingtoncenter.evergreen.edu/lcrpjournal/vol1/iss1/3
Case Managers and the Freshman Academy Learning Community: TheResults of Involving a Variety of Campus Personnel in First-Year StudentMentoring
AbstractJohnson C. Smith University, a historically black university in North Carolina, created a Case ManagerProgram for their Freshman Academy Learning Community. This case study describes how the program wasdesigned, implemented, and assessed. Case Managers are neither faculty nor student affairs professionals yetthey are an integral part of the Freshman Academy initiative where thirty students are blocked into a cohort,each enrolled in 15 or 16 credit hours—one of which is the weekly freshman orientation class designed tohelp students transition from high school. Case managers assist team leaders and faculty members withstudents who need additional support or guidance related to class attendance, accessing campus resources,referrals for services, and co-curricular activities. A discussion of mentoring as a student engagement strategyto promote successful student persistence and retention is included as are implications for mentoring practiceand research in the first year of college.
Cover Page FootnoteThis article was originally published in: Journal of Learning Communities Research, 2(1). (April 2007).
Article is available in Learning Communities Research and Practice: http://washingtoncenter.evergreen.edu/lcrpjournal/vol1/iss1/3
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