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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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    The Biomedical Burden: Sociological Analysis of the Opioid Crisis in Rural America 

    Hodgson, Ryan E. (2018)
    The current opioid epidemic is a highly complex issue, and as such, claims of direct causation seem nearly impossible. Yet another challenge arises in attempting to determine which components of the overall epidemic more ...
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    The Unexamined Link: Type II Diabetes and Poverty 

    Gannett, Joe (2012)
    . . . diabetes is considered to be the nation’s fastest growing health problem. The impact is largely on those of low socioeconomic status (SES), who have less access to resources and healthcare. . . . Unfortunately, the ...
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    The Potentially Problematic Ethics of Long-Acting Birth Control for Marginalized Women 

    Jones, Sara E. (2018)
    It is impossible to research contraception in America, in any form, without finding divergent opinions. The purpose of this capstone is to wade through the multitudinous opinions, criticisms, and fears, using the implementation ...
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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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    The Hidden Homeless: Addressing the Obstacles of the Rural Homeless in Rockbridge County, Virginia 

    Stroud, Edward Simpson (2017)
    Rural homelessness is an understudied subset of homelessness population in the United States. Yet, the rural homelessness has important distinguishing characteristics and barriers to care that make addressing the problems ...
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    The Case for Low-Income Women's Access to Reproductive Health Care 

    Carlock, Camie (2013)
    Regardless of conservative lawmakers’ moral and religious justifications, American society cannot afford to restrict low-income women’s independence, economic opportunity, health, and ability to plan for pregnancy by ...
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    Mobile Telecommunications for Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa 

    Cho, Johanna (2013)
    Mobile telecommunications or mobile telephony is the enormous network of telephone services for portable phones, ranging from smartphones with monthly subscriptions and full Internet capabilities to pre-paid low-end phones ...
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    Employment Capability for Individuals with Barriers to Labor Market Entry: The Case of Work-Integration Social Enterprises 

    Tarry, Elizabeth Hahn (2017)
    In this paper, I will begin by defining social entrepreneurship and giving a brief overview of the rise of the field, both for the sake of clarity and for the relative novelty of the concept. The following section will ...
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    City on the Brink: Economic and Community Development in Camden, NJ 

    Farquharson, V. Michele (2011)
    Today people know Camden, NJ as one of the poorest and most dangerous cities in America. It has a population of 80,000 people with an unemployment rate of 10.1% and for those over the age of 25 only 50% graduated from high ...
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