Summary: Empathetic Listening

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The literatures reviewed only showed negatives experiences in higher education and how stereotypes heavily shape those experiences for Asian American students, especially when it comes to inclusion. Overall, this research gave us a chance to profoundly utilize empathetic listening to slow down and understand what the Asian American students are experiencing here at Kansas State University. Empathetic listening is where we used deeper level of listening while engaging and paying careful attention to the speaker (Scharmer). Not only does everyone deserve to be heard, but also feel as if they provide some sort of substance to this university.

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