Abstract
Overseas charitable organizations often play a crucial role in fostering educational and cultural development in developing countries. Taiwan’s Zhi-Shan Foundation (hereinafter referred to as “Zhi-Shan”) has been establishing school libraries and promoting reading programs in rural counties and cities in Vietnam since 2008. This study analyzes dif erences in reading engagement, academic performance, and family cultural capital between students in schools funded by Zhi-Shan and those in nonfunded schools. The study objectives are to determine the ef ectiveness of the foundation’s reading programs and the relationships between students’ reading engagement, academic performance, and family cultural capital by using structural equation modeling.
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