{"id":31,"date":"2014-10-13T15:37:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T15:37:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-03-26T09:07:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T15:07:58","slug":"31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scienceretentionlibrarian\/2014\/10\/13\/31\/","title":{"rendered":"Living-Learning Programs Are Promising for STEM Students"},"content":{"rendered":"Have you ever thought about living in a STEM dorm, or offering an embedded librarian service in one? A <\/span>2012 study<\/span><\/a> published in <\/span>The Journal of Higher Education<\/span><\/em> (DOI: 10.1353\/jhe.2012.0017) suggests that librarians could contribute to STEM retention through participation in field-specific residential programs, also known as living-learning (LL) programs. <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nSoldner et al. surveyed 5240 students who were living in residential halls at 46 universities across the country; about 37 percent of them lived in STEM LL dorms, intended for students who plan to major in a STEM discipline. The participants were all first year students in their second semester at the time of the survey. The researchers found a positive, although indirect, relationship between participation in a STEM LL program and a student\u2019s self-reported likelihood of completing a STEM degree (p. 325). According to the researchers\u2019 model, a LL program increases social support for undergraduates, which in turn improves self-efficacy, known to be positively correlated with retention.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nAlright, so living in a student dorm isn\u2019t your cup of tea. How else could a librarian become involved in a STEM residential community? One approach is holding reference hours in a dorm, which many librarians are doing already. It\u2019s likely that if asked, a STEM LL program would be thrilled to have a librarian make weekly visits to a dorm. LL dorms also tend to provide informational sessions for students and again would likely welcome a presentation by a STEM librarian. Basically, anything you can do to let the students know you support them and are rooting for them to be successful will get them down the road to a STEM degree.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nImage attribution: <\/span>York College of PA, Mini Dorms<\/span><\/a>, 2009. <\/span>Licensed through Creative Commons.<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you ever thought about living in a STEM dorm, or offering an embedded librarian service in one? A 2012 study published in The Journal of Higher Education (DOI: 10.1353\/jhe.2012.0017) suggests that librarians could contribute to STEM retention through participation in field-specific residential programs, also known as living-learning (LL) programs. 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