Benefits
- Increases comfort with classmates, allowing students to take intellectual risks and participate more fully in their classes
- Provides a smoother transition to college by giving students an easily identifiable peer group
- Increases student participation in the classroom
- Integrates knowledge more effectively through linked courses that have a common topic or address a “big question"
- Increases retention rates for first-year students through connections to campus activities
- Guarantees two to three courses necessary for student progress toward degree completion
- Provides tools to balance students’ academic and social lives