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Notes
1
See Clarke et al. (2002) for the movement now underway in Political Science, which led to the
APSA's first ever Conference on Teaching and Learning in February of 2004.
2
Gabelnick et al. (1990), Shapiro and Levine (1999), Levine, ed. (1999), and Lenning and
Ebbers (1999) are useful resources to consult when initiating a learning community.
3
Visit the National Learning Communities Project, which is part of The Washington Center for
Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education at Evergreen State College at
http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu/
for more information.
4
See Matthews (1994) and Bystrom (1999) for specific applications to community colleges.
5
See Cornwell and Stoddard (1997) for a review of the linkages between residential college
programs and civic education movements. See Whitt and Nuss (1994) and Schroeder (1994) for
more general information on residence-based learning communities.