Project Summary: General guidelines for the essay: 900-1100 words (not including title page and references page. Paper must include an abstract. APA formatting You must use at least 5 sources in your paper. At least 2 of the sources must be sources other than the specific ones that I provided you. These two sources must be books or peer-reviewed journal articles. You may use other types of sources in your paper, but you MUST find on your own and use at least two higher level academic sources (i.e. books and professional journals). The final research paper for this class will focus on some topic related to international students. You can start out the essay with general information about international students to introduce the topic, but you must choose a focus for your essay. There are many, many different possible topics. Here are some ideas: How can international students understand and respond to racist attitudes in the U.S.? You must get approval for your topic! As soon as you decide on a topic, you should check your topic with me as scheduled so you I can approve it, help you focus it, and make sure you are on the right track. Deciding on a topic and getting approval for it will help you to avoid wasting time.