For students at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Minnesota (OLLI), attending classes does not stop after college. OLLI is a national program with a chapter through the ...

“Community” is a hot buzzword, referring to everything from a physical neighborhood to a cohort of people rallying around a purpose or shared interest. As observed in Harvard Business Review: “The ...

April 9, 2026 - Some students are attracted to the small student population, the accessible rent prices and the research opportunities at UC Merced. Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses ...

Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

Group agreements are expectations, rules, and guidelines for behavior that are collaboratively developed and agreed upon to help motivate student participation, foster belonging, and clarify ...

The basic premise of the flipped classroom is that class time is best spent on active learning and higher order thinking, while content delivery can successfully take place outside of the classroom. A ...