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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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Identifying Opportunities and Pathways to Increase Carbon Sequestration through Reforestation on the Vassar Ecological Preserve

Publication Date
2022-May-01
Authors
Skuches, Ethan
Department or Program
Environmental Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

The goal of this research was to devise methodology and recommendations for forest restoration that concurrently increases potential carbon sequestration. We surveyed permanent forest plots on the Vassar College Ecological Preserve in the summer of 2021 and used diameter at...

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The United States Education System and Intergenerational Income Mobility

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Marissa Hashizume
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

This study intends to determine some of the avenues through which parent income affects child income and if the public education system has the potential to increase income mobility and equalize economic opportunity. I find that the income elasticity between...

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