Learning Communities at Elon
Where Living & Learning Meet

Overview of Learning Communities

Residential Learning Community — (noun) a cohort of students residing in the same residential area, interacting together and with faculty through a shared class, academic major or intellectual interest. 

By promoting learning in the residence halls, learning communities help to develop a “rich intellectual community,” an atmosphere of academic reflection, and relationships between students and faculty.  Learning Communities outcomes connect directly to the University and division’s goals of engaged learning, intentional and intimate community and seamless in-and-out-class learning.  

Learning Communities Mission Statement

Residential Learning Communities at Elon University include a rich variety of intentional student communities designed to connect students, faculty and staff around curricular and co-curricular themes and interests.  Through shared purpose these communities support and enhance students’ academic, personal and social development and success.

Elon’s Residential Learning Communities strive to:

1. create partnerships between Academic Departments and Student Life that integrate in-class and out-of-class learning experiences in order to cultivate intellectually stimulating environments.
2. provide academic & social programs to develop climate fostering close-knit residential communities.
3. engage students in developing and leading their own Living-Learning Communities.