ERIC Number: EJ1030829
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 10
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Building Multicultural Residential Communities: A Model for Training Student Staff
Petryk, Taryn; Thompson, Monita C.; Boynton, Trelawny
New Directions for Student Services, n144 p69-78 Win 2013
The growing diversity and changing demographics within the United States increases the importance of students developing skills to engage across identity difference. The purpose of this chapter is to describe how a pre-employment course for student staff members is used as a multicultural intervention training to provide students with the knowledge and skills to create and facilitate an inclusive, multicultural community in residential communities.
Descriptors: Models, Job Training, Job Skills, Student Employment, Multicultural Education, Program Descriptions, Intervention, Community Development, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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