The University of Michigan and Bowling Green State University sponsor this international registry devoted to collection and dissemination of information about residential learning communities. The residential learning community is a residential education unit in a college or university that is organized on the basis of an academic theme or approach and is intended to integrate academic learning and community living. Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education is a public service center of The Evergreen State College. Thei r focus is on interdisciplinary, collaborative and pluralistic learning for students at all levels of higher education. They maintain the Learning Community Directory , a directory of learning communities across the country, organized by form and geography.
Courses are team-taught and developed within a learning community.
The Chapman Community at Bowling Green State University - residence hall program designed primarily for first year students who take about half of their classes in common and are involved in programs designed to enhance their leadership, social and academic skills, as well as computer skills. Delta College , Michigan - a 2 year college that offers First Year Experience, a course of coordinated transferable classes for the first year student that is successful, practical, and fun. George Mason University offers five interdisciplinary degrees that match a particular set of student needs. A list of their current Learning Communities is available, as well as an archive of past communities and syllabi. Small, seminar-type classes encourage close cooperation and a feeling of community among students and professors.