Affirmative action in university admissions: Research roundup
2013 roundup of recent studies and papers on affirmative action, admissions, campus diversity and racial attitudes at U.S. universities.
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Poverty, fertility and health among Hispanics in America’s new immigrant destinations
2015 research brief on the impact of childhood poverty on immigrants’ adult contributions to American society, by Daniel T. Lichter, Cornell University, and Scott R. Sanders, Brigham Young University.
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Health disparities: Race and asthma
2015 study published in the American Journal of Public Health that examines the prevalence of asthma among racial groups and how racial disparities in asthma rates changed from 1999 to 2011.
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How higher education affects wealth by race, ethnicity
2015 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis looks at how higher education affects the ability of different racial groups to accumulate wealth and overcome financial hardship.
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Racial discrimination and health effects: Current research and new areas of study
2015 paper in the Annual Review of Clinical Psychology reviewing the research literature on how racial discrimination can impact the health and well-being of individuals.
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Race, ethnicity and identity in America: Research roundup
2015 roundup of research on race and ethnicity in the United States, and how self-identification and identification by others can vary depending on personal and societal factors.
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Racial bias and news media reporting: New research trends
2015 research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign published in Communication Research highlighting how portrayals of racial minorities are changing in television news.
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Urban charter schools and student gains: 2015 findings from Stanford University
2015 study from Stanford researchers suggesting overall gains for urban charter schools, relative to traditional schools; growth was particularly strong for disadvantaged students.
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The law and social science of stop-and-frisk tactics by the police
2014 study by Yale examining recent scholarship on the effectiveness of “stop, question and frisk” and how it affects public perceptions of and interactions with the police.
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Business formation by minorities and people without wealth: Research brief
2014 research brief on the role of social networks and community-based organizations in business formation, by Colleen Casey of U.T. Arlington and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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