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A CLOSER LOOK INTO WHY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LEAVE AND AVOID STEM MAJORS IN COLLEGE
Title
A CLOSER LOOK INTO WHY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LEAVE AND AVOID STEM MAJORS IN COLLEGE
Author
Bailey, Jr., Ricardo
Date Created
2017
Description
African American males are underrepresented in university Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programs as STEM majors in the United States. I will be investigating why this phenomenon is so prevalent in America’s collegiate STEM program...
Corruption, Inequality, or Growth: Illuminatic Trinity or Nature?
Title
Corruption, Inequality, or Growth: Illuminatic Trinity or Nature?
Author
Fowler, Joe
Date Created
2021
Description
This paper explores popular economic, political, and social conceptions of the relationshipbetween income inequality and corruption. Contemporary politics have become heavily divided on income inequality. Therefore, using current econometric metho...
Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
Title
Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
Author
Giersch, Jason
Date Created
2012
Description
Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education over the past two decades. Attaching high stakes to standardized test results was intended to improve education for all students, but especially f...
TRANS COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE: HOW TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS SEARCH FOR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
Title
TRANS COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE: HOW TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS SEARCH FOR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
Author
Drake, Amanda
Date Created
2019
Description
The transgender population experience high rates of discrimination in healthcare settings, which has been well documented. Less is known about what is keeping transgender individuals from utilizing healthcare resources or their entry points to hea...
The best deal in town? Associations between public housing and labor market inequality in the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner MSA
Title
The best deal in town? Associations between public housing and labor market inequality in the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner MSA
Author
Gleave, Sara
Date Created
2014
Description
Economic inequality for racial and ethnic minority groups, exacerbated by their spatial segregation, has been a central focus in urban geography. While there is accumulating research examining the socio-spatial process of urban labor market inequa...