Hi ya’ll! My name is Julia DiBenedetto. Welcome to my page! For this project I chose to write about the benefits of community-based learning and how more universities should work to implement these types of learning environments into their institutions. As students of Syracuse University we all see first hand the stress competition and merit-based learning can cause. I hope to talk about these issues while offering an alternative solution. Please read on to learn more about historic examples of successful learning communities, my connection to this issue, and most importantly- why it matters!