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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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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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Labor market informalization and social policy: distributional links and the case of homebased workers

Publication Date
2004-August-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Lourdes Beneria
Maria S. Floro
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper is based on the notion that the nature of current labor market informalization requires rethinking in order to guide action and formulate social policies for eliminating poverty and reducing economic inequality and job insecurity. It explores conceptually and...

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Parents or teachers: who play a more important role in influencing children's academic gains in early childhood education?

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Grittayaphong, Praew
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Finding ways to increase the effectiveness of early childhood education has been a big concern for many educators and policymakers. In an attempt to solve this problem, they are faced with a dilemma of whether to concentrate on parent or...

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The crypt

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Jake Ellis
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

A crypt is a haunted underground burial chamber where in the secret, something very important is kept (mostly dead bodies and "their" treasures). Certainly no <em>one </em>comes out of the crypt once they have entered. But precisely what secret is...

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