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    The Lines That Define Us: Racial Residential Segregation and Health Disparities for African Americans 

    Barrett, Tyra A. (2018)
    This capstone explored the mechanisms underlying the relationship between racial residential segregation and health disparities for African Americans. This relationship was examined through the analysis of how racial ...
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    The Zuckerberg Effect: A Case Study in Community and Educational Reform in Newark, New Jersey 

    Murray, Daniel F. (2013)
    This paper first establishes the educational and attainment gaps in Newark in comparison to the rest of New Jersey, and then articulates the complementary issues from outside the classroom and in the community. These gaps ...
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    The Ethical Implications of Juvenile Detention Centers and the Role of Mental Health and Education in Reducing Recidivism 

    Roberts, Meredith N. (2013)
    . . . If the nationally accepted [juvenile detention] system continues in the path it is headed on, the recidivism will continue to rise. Due to a lack of funding and often severe over-crowding, it is difficult to assist ...
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    The GED Program & Outcomes for Disadvantaged Students 

    Bunnell, Jessica (2010)
    The GED certification program started as an alternative education route for war veterans. It has greatly expanded to serve individuals of all ages and backgrounds who lack a high school diploma. Over one-half million ...
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    Narrowing the Achievement Gap in High Schools 

    Pisarev, Veselin (2008)
    On one hand, the education gap is a predictor of unimpressive future market and non-market outcomes. On the other hand, low-income and minority citizens are more likely to fall behind their wealthier peers. This creates a ...
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    Apartheid Resurrected: How American Incarceration Policies Wage War On Poor African American Communities 

    Terborg-Galloway, Sherry A. (2005)
    Clearly, determinate sentencing policies which are disproportionate in their application, resulting in increased incarceration of a specific minority group, fail to fulfill the objectives of a fair and just criminal justice ...
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    Released But Not Freed: The Impact of Incarceration on Post-Release Employment 

    Zhang, Annie (2013)
    This paper focuses on the disparate access to the labor market for incarcerated males of low socioeconomic status, as this is the overwhelming majority of the prison population. The very presence of incarceration, compounded ...
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    The Healthcare System in the United States Runs Afoul of International Law 

    Sacco, Cristina (2014)
    . . . this paper analyzes the international right to health and questions whether the current state of the American healthcare system runs afoul of international law. If so, does the U.S. have a legal obligation to under ...
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    Race and Welfare: The Unspoken Variable 

    Timoll, Jason A. (2003)
    In order to analyze racial discrimination in the distribution of government welfare benefits, one must establish whether or not such problems exists, whether and how they may be documented, whether the problem is isolated ...
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    A Spectacular Minority: Charter Schools that Respond to the Problem of Poverty in Public Education 

    Kingsbury, Katie (2007)
    There are two important questions to keep in mind throughout this paper. The first of these is how "success" ought to be defined. Is it college entrance and graduation? Is it a certain type or level of occupation; that is, ...
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    AuthorBarrett, Tyra A. (1)Block, Abigail Catherine (1)Brebner, Meredith M. (1)Bunnell, Jessica (1)Guggenheimer, Scott C. (1)Kern, Kathleen A. (1)Kingsbury, Katie (1)Murray, Daniel F. (1)Ndege, Vanessa (1)Phillips, Danielle A. (1)... View MoreSubject
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    Poverty (11)Achievement gap, research, practice, and policy (6)Capabilities approach (Social sciences) (4)Teacher effectiveness (4)Educational evaluation (3)Justice (3)Legal assistance to the poor (3)No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (United States) (3)... View MoreDate Issued2010 - 2018 (11)2000 - 2009 (9)Has File(s)Yes (20)

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