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Mind The Gap: Understanding The Lack Of Social Integration Between U.S. National And International Students, Danika Delano
Mind The Gap: Understanding The Lack Of Social Integration Between U.S. National And International Students, Danika Delano
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This capstone paper explores the issue of social integration between international and U.S. national students and focuses on the international student community of the Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS), a non-profit that supports students at the University of Washington-Seattle (UW). A survey was administered to 106 UW students involved in FIUTS to test the hypothesis that the FIUTS community desired to have more U.S. nationals involved in the program. After establishing a desire for increased social integration between U.S. national and international students from within the FIUTS community, fifteen U.S. national students who were not involved in FIUTS …
Youth Empowerment As Demonstrated By The Jóvenes En Acción Program, Kirstin French
Youth Empowerment As Demonstrated By The Jóvenes En Acción Program, Kirstin French
Capstone Collection
This paper uses a review of relevant literature on empowerment and youth empowerment theories and models to develop a comprehensive understanding of key elements that are found in youth empowerment programs. Through the literature review, there are five themes identified which can be used to analyze youth programs for the presence of empowerment. The five themes considered are: a power sharing adult-youth relationship, an individual and community level orientation, a safe and supportive environment, peer collaboration, and reflection. A World Learning youth program, Jóvenes en Acción (Youth in Action, or JenA) is used as a case study to understand the …