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Name of Learning Opportunity: | The War on Poverty: Contemporary Perspectives for the Human Services |
Mode of Delivery: | Residency
reskey: TARD-7CLULU |
Study Group/Residency Enrollment Caps: | Sep cap: 15
Nov cap: 15
Jan cap: 15
Mar cap: 15
May A cap: 15
May B cap: 15 |
Region: | Central New York Center |
Location(s): | Syracuse |
Location(s):
at a distance | Syracuse, Auburn, Binghamton, Fort Drum, Ithaca, Utica, Watertown |
Mentor/Instructor: |  |
Offered in these terms: | Jan |
Credits: | 4 |
Liberal Study? | YES |
Level: | Adv |
Area of Study: | Community and Human Services |
Subject: | Human Services |
GenEd Area 1: | |
GenEd Area 2: | |
Available Collegewide: | Y |
Describe how will you interact with students at a distance: | Students will meet at the Syracuse location on 3 individual Saturdays during the term. The times and dates will be pre-arranged and available at the CNY Human Services Learning Community link from "MyESC."
Students will communicate via MoodleRooms and e-mail between residency meetings. Heidi.Nightengale@esc.edu |
Description: | This study will look deeply at the social and cultural constructs of poverty in contemporary US rural and urban settings while examining strategies for effectively advancing policy and programs aimed at moving the poor into the main stream. Research and readings will be anchored in the work of Dr. Ruby Payne, The Rural Poverty Research Center, and more as the student learns to help others build sustainable pathways out of poverty. |
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