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Obesity and All-Cause Mortality Among Black Adults and White Adults
2012 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology that finds health risks are different in terms of obesity for African-American and white adults.
College Mission and Diversity Statements: What They Do and Do Not Say
2012 study from the University of Memphis analyzing the language around diversity in the school mission statements of 80 post-secondary institutions.
Does Supervisor Gender Matter? Examining the Case of Teacher Turnover
2012 study from Vanderbilt University and the University of Missouri on the influence of gender on job satisfaction and turnover in the education public sector.
2012 report from Harvard University on impact of the 2008 housing crash on low-income and minority individuals.
Affirmative action in university admissions: Research roundup
Roundup of recent research on affirmative action, diversity and racial attitudes at U.S. universities.
2011 paper from the University of Chicago consolidating previous scholarship that attempts to explain ongoing employment and earnings disparities for African-Americans.
Gentrification and Low Income Neighborhoods: Entry, Exit and Enhancement
2010 study from the United States Census Bureau and New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy on gentrification and displacement.
2011 study from the University of Texas and Rice University on African-Americans and charter school attrition rates.
Do Judges Vary in their Treatment of Race?
2012 paper from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago and Harvard University on defendant race and unequal sentencing decisions.
Getting Out the Vote: Minority Mobilization in a Presidential Election
2011 study in Political Behavior showing how minorities frequently receive less in-person contacts, and how this explains different voter participation rates.
Minorities in U.S. Growing Toward Majority: Census Bureau
2012 report from the Census Bureau on changing demographics in the United States.
2012 report from Columbia University and Mathematica published in American Behavioral Scientist on behavioral challenges and kindergarten individual and classroom academic performance.
In post-recession America, poverty rate stays high: Research roundup
2012 examination of Census Bureau figures on poverty and aggregation of related resources for interpreting poverty data and policy.
New views on urban communities and poverty in the U.S.: Research roundup
Roundup of recent studies on aspects of urban poverty and its impact on health, work and well-being.
2012 study from Harvard, Brown, Univ of Missouri on various factors that influence voting behavior in minority communities.
Kaiser Family Foundation: 2012 Health Security Watch
2012 survey and report from the Kaiser Family Foundation on deep worries about health care coverage and costs.
Subsidized Housing, Public Housing and Adolescent Violence and Substance Use
2012 Indiana University-Purdue University study on public housing, violence and drug use among adolescents.
Impact of Jury Race in Criminal Trials
2012 study by Duke University published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics on the racial competition of a jury and criminal court outcomes.
2011 study from Harvard University examining whether techniques used to raise scores in charter schools can be successfully transplanted to traditional public schools.
The Impact of Race and Interpersonal Dominance on Perceptions of Female Leaders
2012 study from Northwestern University and Duke University on gender, race and perceptions of assertive behaviors in the workplace.
