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"Programs
To Look For"
The University of Maryland ranks
high among the nation’s colleges and universities having
academic programs that are believed to lead to student success,
according to annual U.S. News and World Report
polls of college presidents and deans of students.
The University of Maryland is one of just four institutions
(along with Michigan, Wisconsin and UCLA) to be recognized
by college presidents and deans in each of the following
five categories:
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Learning communities
where students may take two or more linked courses
as a group and thus get to know their instructors
and one another well. University
Honors, College
Park Scholars and CIVICUS
living-learning communities at Maryland have been
cited as pre-eminent examples.
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First-year experience
programs such as seminars led by faculty
and staff members that go beyond traditional Orientation
to help freshman students feel connected to their
chosen university or college. |
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Service learning programs
where student volunteer in a campus’s neighboring
communities and are helped in the classroom see
a direct connection between their field experience
and their academic studies. |
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Study Abroad programs where students
earn academic credit during a year or semester of
travel and considerable interaction with people in
another culture. |
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Undergraduate research/creative projects
marked by work in teams under the supervision of a
faculty member and resulting in a scholarly paper
or other product that can be formally presented on
or off campus. |
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What are living-learning
communities?
Living-learning communities are specialized residential programs
initiated by and having direct connections with faculty and specific
academic units/departments within the University’s Division of Academic
Affairs. In partnership with Resident Life staff and other student
services staff at the University, these faculty and academic administrators
link the curricular and residential experiences in ways that create
opportunities for deeper understanding and integration of classroom
material.
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What are Maryland’s living-learning communities?
To learn more about Maryland’s living-learning programs, please click on the sites below. |
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Why participate in a living-learning community?
Students who participate as members of these communities have higher
retention and graduation rates and report higher satisfaction with their undergraduate experience at Maryland. These positive outcomes result from:
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the connections that are made
with students who share similar interests,
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the substantial contact that
occurs with individual faculty members
outside the classroom, |
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enhanced programmatic opportunities, |
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specialized
guidance on academic and career planning, |
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frequent
service learning opportunities, and |
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creative
utilization of the research, cultural, natural and political
resources of the Baltimore-Washington, DC-Annapolis area.
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