Note: This is a student project from a course affiliated with the Ethnography of the University Initiative. EUI supports faculty development of courses in which students conduct original research on their university, and encourages students to think about colleges and universities in relation to their communities and within larger national and global contexts.
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Description
| Title: | International Connection: Community at I-House |
| Author(s): | Wasowicz, Andrew |
| Subject(s): | International Students
International House ANTH285 F07 Culture Community ISU |
| Abstract: | Misunderstandings between cultures is a prime source of conflict which can be seen repeatedly throughout American foreign policy. Following the research conducted in the fall of 2006, this study tries to understand how community is developed in I-House and who is part of this community. This research will investigate Illinois State Universities I-House and international student community. Building from previous research, which found a trend among International students to develop community with other International students, but not with American students. with this research I attempt to find an answer for why this trend is a common occurrence. Perspectives on the situation will include administrative persons of the Office of International Studies and Program at ISU and from International student living in and outside of I-House. |
| Issue Date: | 2008-03-04 |
| Type: | Text |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3738 |
| Publication Status: | unpublished |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2008-03-04 |
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Globalization and the University
This collection examines the influence of globalization on the university and the university's place in a burgeoning world market for higher education. -
Diversity on Campus/Equity and Access
This collection examines ways in which the U.S. university and the American college experience are affected by diversity, and difference. In particular, these student projects examine experiences of diversity on campus, including important contemporary social, cultural, and political debates on equity and access to university resources.