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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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Elinor and Anne: Emotional Isolation, Family, and Society in Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion

Publication Date
2023-December-12
Authors
Cazzaniga, Grace
Department or Program
English Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

In her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, and her last, Persuasion, Jane Austen centers the perspectives of gentry women, Elinor Dashwood and Anne Elliot, who were socially successful because of their ability to regulate their own emotions and influence those...

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Liberty and Justice for Whom? Educational Reforms and Capital, Labor and Social (Im)Mobility in the Age of Neoliberalism

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

In this thesis, I wanted to examine the influence of neoliberal theory in the realms of public education and immigration within the US, and to tease out the implications that have resulted within each. From there, I attempted to understand...

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Making Knowledge, Making Power: The Impact of Restorative Discipline Practices in Three New York City Schools

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Shubert, Rebecca J.
Department or Program
Education Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The rise of standardized testing and zero­tolerance discipline measures in the United States over the last decade has resulted in public schools that prioritize order and obedience over deep learning and interpersonal relationships. While detrimental across the board, these austere...

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Manual and landmark-based morphometric comparison of two populations of Campeloma, sp. across the K-Pg boundary

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Gary D. Linkevich
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Understanding how species survive mass extinction events allows scientists to more fully explore the effects of major biotic change in the fossil record. The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K- Pg) extinction 65.5 Ma was one of the largest extinction events in Earth's history...

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