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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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[Exhibition] Treasures of Americana, 1760-1830

Publication Date
2024-January-16
Authors
Patkus, Ronald
Merrell, James H.
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
History Department
Document Type
Archived Website
Access Level
Open
Abstract

The purpose of the exhibition “Treasures of Americana, 1760-1830” is to provide a view of what historians have traditionally called the Revolutionary Era (1763-1783) and the Federal Era (1789-1829) of United States history. The presentation of printed and manuscript material...

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In search of belonging: first generation, low-income students navigating financial, bureaucratic, and academic experiences at Vassar

Publication Date
2017-September-01
Document Type
report
Authors
Rueda, Eréndira
Ballard, Tamar
Magdaleno, Lisset
Majarali, Victoria
Gonzalez, Kayla
Gutierrez, Alan
Juanita Herrera
Jasmine Martinez
Molina, Henry
Walker, Akili
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Report
Abstract

A qualitative report on the experiences of first-generation, low income students at Vassar College. This report is the culmination of the Transitions Research Project.

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Role of bank branch locations in minority lending

Publication Date
1998-March-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Chang, Angela E.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

Past studies on discrimination in home mortgage lending have focused on the loan approval process, yet results show that most of the variation in minority lending across banks is due to the variation in the volume of minority applications and...

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Using NAICS to identify national industry cluster templates for applied regional analysis

Publication Date
2006-December-16
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Kelton, Christina M. L.
Margaret K. Pasquale
Rebelein, Robert P.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

Whereas FESER and BERGMAN, 2000, developed the concept of national-level cluster templates and introduced a systematic methodology to identify such clusters, their technique and results were based on the now-outdated Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system for categorizing industries. We update...

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