Identifying resources for major projects on campus involves more than merely finding funding sources. Elliot and Decker (1999) find that campuswide support for learning communities comes from four sources:

• People (faculty administrators, academic support staff, and student affairs professionals)
• Organizational culture (the administrative placement within an institution and connections that placement entails)
• Context (the role and purpose of the learning community on a campus)
• Financial support (redirected funding and new money)
• Creating Learning Communities; N Shapiro & J Levine, 1999