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The Impact Of Mentoring On Social Excluded Adults In A Small Midwest City, Rose A. Hunt
The Impact Of Mentoring On Social Excluded Adults In A Small Midwest City, Rose A. Hunt
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Empirical data have indicated that a considerable amount of the world's population, 45.3 million in the United States, live in deplorable conditions, some of which are created by social exclusion. Social exclusion is a disenfranchisement experienced by individuals and families living in poverty conditions created by circumstances such as lack of education, lack of economic sustenance, unemployment, poor health, and other social ills. Mentoring is a multidimensional skills-development opportunity for disadvantaged youth, aspiring new professionals, employed individuals being promoted, and instructor-student relationships. There is the possibility that mentoring could be useful for other societal groups as well, particularly social excluded …