Let’s Talk About Learning Communities

In a learning community (we affectionately call them LC’s), students live together on a residence hall floor and are grouped together based upon a common major, interest (art, leadership, etc) or theme. In many of our learning communities, students take a class together, and faculty are often in the residence hall environment engaging with students.

A main reason learning communities are so great at Ohio State is because you have a community as soon as you step on campus. You are surrounded by people who have something in common with you, which saves the awkward “what do you like?” conversations. We also have found that students in our LC’s have a higher GPA than their peers, feel more connected to the university, and are better able to balance their academic/personal lives at Ohio State. Who wouldn’t want all of that?!?!

Don’t they look like a great group?

There are a multitude of great things happening in learning communities at Ohio State. This blog will highlight many of these opportunities and experiences, coming directly from the students in the LC’s. We are proud of our learning communities in Residence Life, and we know sharing is caring. This blog will serve as our way to share.