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Vassar Scholarship

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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Critiquing Institutional Diversity: Ethnic Minorities' Racial Identity Formations in Ideological and Physical Counter-Spaces

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Margarita López
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

The term diversity within institutions has been used as a selling point for colleges and universities. Verbally, institutions pride themselves in committing to increasing 'diversity'. But what happens after more students of color enter historically White- serving institutions? Through a...

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Music Mentorship for Empowerment

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Anderson, Aidan
Department or Program
Education Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This thesis project in education rolled out a program for training Vassar student musicians to be educators who then gave individualized music instruction to Poughkeepsie middle school music students. Great care was given to the positioning and approach to service...

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