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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
Capstone Collection
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 …
The Global Village: Improving Intercultural Experiences At Keene State College Through Living/Learning Communities, Laura Zuelch
The Global Village: Improving Intercultural Experiences At Keene State College Through Living/Learning Communities, Laura Zuelch
Capstone Collection
Comprehensive internationalization is a paradigm in higher education that recognizes the many aspects of higher education affected by an internationalizing world (Hudzik, 2011). At Keene State College, internationalization is limited to the outbound study abroad students and the few inbound exchange students each semester. There are also few opportunities for Keene State students to gain an intercultural experience without leaving campus, which can be difficult for some students to manage. There is an opportunity to build on the existing Living/Learning Community framework to create a new Living/Learning Community that can address the trend for increased internationalization on campus as well …