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On Saviours and Saviourism: Lessons from the #WEscandal
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Jefferess, David – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
In 2020, the Canadian-based humanitarian organisation WE was the subject of a funding scandal in Canada that cast a critical light on its finances and mandate. The scandal tarnished the reputations of the organisation and its founders, Craig and Marc Kielburger, who had been lauded as model global citizens for more than two decades. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Philanthropic Foundations, Racial Bias, Whites
Young Repatriates in Kazakhstan: Problems and Solutions
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Taldybayeva, Dinara; Serikkaliyeva, Azhar; Nadirova, Gulnar; Zhailybayev, Daulet – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
When the state, the so-called "historical homeland" of many ethnic groups living outside, calls them to return and become a part of their fellow citizens, it takes on a great responsibility for the fate, rights, and interests of repatriates. One of the existing directions of the Kazakhstan government policy, which was initiated after…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Citizenship, Public Policy, Social Systems
Freedom to Learn: Amending the Higher Education Act. Policy Proposal
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National Association of Scholars, 2021
The National Association of Scholars believes that higher education should gather scholars and students to cultivate excellence and pursue the truth, transmit the heritage of Western civilization to a new generation, prepare cultured and virtuous citizens, and train students for vocational success. American colleges and universities should embody…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Educational Finance
The Citizen's Effect: 25 Features about the Europe for Citizens Programme
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Reding, Viviane – European Union, 2012
Public forums and shared spaces in which citizens can debate and deliberate have always constituted essential elements of a democratic society. Today, the Europe for Citizens Programme serves to create a modern European agora. Launched in 2007, the programme supports initiatives that bring people together in international and intercultural…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Foreign Countries, Games, Video Technology
Service-Learning: Creating Opportunities to Expand Students' Worldviews
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Murray, Lauren I.; Plante, Jarrad D.; Cox, Thomas D.; Owens, Tom – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2015
More literature is needed that focuses on the effectiveness of service learning projects in higher education, specifically how individual students are impacted. This study investigates the possible influence of an international service-learning experience on a student's worldview. The International Service-Learning Inventory was used to ask…
Descriptors: Service Learning, World Views, Higher Education, Citizen Participation
How Service Works. Summary of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation's "Service Works": A Retrospective Evaluation of Higher Education Service Programs.
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Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI. – 2000
Service learning is an undergraduate education strategy found across four program areas funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). This cross-foundation, retrospective evaluation examines 35 projects of $100,000 or more funded between 1985-95. Study information was based on qualitative data and approaches, with the majority of project…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Students, Community Services, Foreign Countries