UC Riverside's Learning Communities
Learning communities are a proven way to promote student success (Fairris, Peeples and Beleche, 2006; McKibben and Wallace, 2015). UCR offers robust learning community experiences, combined with peer mentorship and academic support services, to students from across the campus. In CNAS, more than half of students participate in learning communities, in which participants earn higher grades and are more likely to graduate on time. In CHASS learning communities, students take courses from across the humanities and social sciences, while also participating in first-year workshops and working with peer mentors. In 2014, CHASS also piloted pre-business learning communities for students who will transfer to SOBA. BCOE students not only take key introductory courses together, they also focus on the habits of academic success, work in multidisciplinary teams to solve real world engineering problems, and have the chance to live together in Ingenuity Hall.