Talking Stick - July/August 2008 - (Page 51) At times, peers work to involve students in activities that are complementary to classroom work. They can organize discussions and other activities in the halls around a theme that is being emphasized in the classroom or is a general academic topic for the whole campus. Peers who are in the residence halls can help students make connections between their classes and other activities. Radford University offers a “University 100” class co-taught by peer educators in the residence halls. Together, the peer educators, the teaching faculty, and the residence staff work on “build community” activities that integrate academic and student life. Peer tutoring in the residence halls enhances the emphasis on learning in a community at Iowa Wesleyan, and community assistants help coordinate activities that support the civic-engagement theme of the first-year curriculum. The peer mentors at DePauw help link different academic themes for first-year students. Peer mentors and peer tutors at SUNY Geneseo are part of a collaborative support system that includes an optional first-year seminar. The existing literature has long held that student achievement, persistence, learning, and development all benefit when academic functions are integrated with the residential settings. As the campuses in this article have shown, there are numerous models for curricular innovation, campus-wide involvement, and collaboration among multiple campus constituencies. The recognition of their success reflects what is considered best practice in undergraduate higher education at residentially based institutions. ts Randy Hyman is vice chancellor for academic support and student life and associate professor of higher education at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. Michael Haynes is the associate dean of university college and director of academic advising at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. This article is adapted from the authors’ chapter, “Academic Support Services in the Residential Setting,” which appeared in the monograph Learning Initiatives in the Residential Setting, edited by Gene Luna and Jimmie Gahagan and published by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. http://www.map-works.com http://www.map-works.com
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