Student Projects
The Hart Leadership Program has a long history of exemplary student work, and we are proud to showcase here a selection of student research projects, internships, and honors theses dating back to 2011. Below, you can explore nearly 400 student projects, filtering by project type, Hart program affiliated with the project, thematic topics, project locations, and project years. The database does not provide the full text of students' projects, but it does provide abstracts of student work wherever available, as well as more information including students' class year and, when applicable, the name of the community partner organization a student worked with to conduct their internship or research. We will continue to expand the database as our students continue conducting phenomenal projects. In the meantime, use the search function below to explore our incredible students' work, and get inspired!
The Catch-22 of the National School Lunch Program
With the institution of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, school systems that receive funding from the National School Lunch Program are required to meet more stringent nutritional guidelines in their cafeteria meals in order for each individual school to receive funding and reimbursement for the food served in …
Why Not Teach? Encouraging Top College Graduates to Pursue Teaching as a Long-Term Career
Problem Statement The education system has failed to consistently recruit top achieving college graduates to be teachers. Though Teach for America (TFA) has been successful in bringing highly motivated graduates into the teaching profession, the service only requires two years of commitment. If TFA has any interest in maintaining long-term …
Women’s Higher Education in Pakistan: Increasing Access & Maximizing Efficacy, Stepping Stones Towards Women’s Empowerment
PROBLEM STATEMENT Women’s empowerment in Pakistan is vital to maximizing the country’s social capital and thus, fueling economic development by encouraging more women to join the workforce. Higher education is a crucial point of intervention for women’s empowerment, given the growth of the sector (the number of girls attending university …
Access to Affordable Medicines for the Poor in India
Background and Problem Statement In India, healthcare costs account for 73% of the average citizen’s monthly expenditure. Seventy-seven percent of these healthcare expenses are specifically on drugs and medicines. The medicines that are absolutely essential have become simply unaffordable and inaccessible for the country’s poorest, who are also the most …
Community Capacity Building and Asset Mapping in Kashongi, Uganda
This research study was conducted between June and August 2011 in Kashongi, Western Uganda. The purpose of this study was to research a certain population, Traditional Birth Attendants, investigate their practices and suggest a way that partnership between Progressive Health Partnership and TBAs could be achieved, in an efficient and …
Engaging Parents: Barriers and Opportunities
Primary Research Question: Epstein defines the six types of parental involvement as: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making and collaborating with the community. BELL specifically seeks to learn how to improve communicating and learning at home. Communicating relates to school to home and home to school communication about …