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A Case Study On Alternative Spring Break: Supporting Black Women At An Hbcu, Aeryel Williams
A Case Study On Alternative Spring Break: Supporting Black Women At An Hbcu, Aeryel Williams
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a college-based travel program in which students spend their traditional spring break vacation traveling to a new domestic or international city to complete a service-learning project such as community restoration in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. As a result of participating in Alternative Spring Break, students gain invaluable experiences and transferable skills that can be applied to their academic and career goals. In this dissertation, the specific transferable skill explored is emotional intelligence.
The purpose of this dissertation is to illuminate the lived experiences of Black women who have participated in a college-based travel program …