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    The Pathways Project/Proyecto Caminos: Youth, Programs & Parents
    (St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension Service, 2011-10) Walker, Kate; Landrieu, Josey; Tzenis, Joanna
    The Pathways Project/ProyectoCaminos is a collaborative research project between theUniversity of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development andthe University of Illinois.The goal of the study is to understand how young people develop real world skills in youth programs, how these skills transfer to other parts of their lives, and how culture comes into play (Latino youth make up half of our sample). It relies on questionnaires, interviews and observations to follow high school aged youth, their parents and the staff from 12 programs. This poster describes the overall study and presents preliminary findings from the pilot study.