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1999
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- NU Start: A Residential Learning Community. Bergstrom, Robert College Bound Students College English College Freshmen Higher Education Library Skills Program Effectiveness Program Evaluation Study Skills Summer Programs This paper describes NU Start, a summer learning community program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for first-year students of the English department and the University Library faculty. NU Start offered 4 sections of an Introduction to Literature course, each with 13 or 14 students. In addition, all students took a one-hour, self-paced Library course. English classes met for nearly 3 hours daily for 14 days. In the afternoons, students attended study skills seminars and worked on their library course; there were two to three mandatory study hours each evening. Students lived in a campus residence hall, spent their weekends at various cultural and other events, and participated in community-building activities. In evaluating the program, coordinators found that fewer students were recruited than planned, in part because financial aid was lacking and cutoff scores were too high; no students of color enrolled. In evaluating the academic component of the program, it was found that most students were satisfied with their English class but less positive about the library course. The study skills seminars were a failure. Evaluation of the learning community component found that students bonded very quickly and were satisfied with the residence and each another. Students appreciated team- and confidence-building activities. (SM)