Vassar College Digital Library

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.

From Public to Private Space: The Territorialization of the Poughkeepsie City School District And the Four Pillars Charter School

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2014-January-01
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Within the contemporary landscape of public education reform, educational actors are re- directing their hopes and visions for equitable and collaborative change outside of public space and into private territories, such as charter schools. The effort to establish the Four...

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

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2022-May-01
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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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