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Title: AT THE INTERSECTION OF RELATIVE RISK AVERSION AND EFFECTIVELY MAINTAINED INEQUALITY IN STEM MAJORS: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH
Author: Jamil, Cayce
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The underrepresentation of racial/ethnic minorities and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds in college majors that promote social mobility is problematic. Relative risk aversion theory predicts that disadvantaged students will choose colle...

Title: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARSITY SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND COLLEGE STEM DECLARATION
Author: Averette, Morgan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education, Recreation
Description: MORGAN AVERETTE. Exploring the Relationship between Varsity Sports Participation and College STEM Declaration.(Under the direction of DR. MARTHA CECILIA BOTTIA)This study investigates the association between high school interscholastic sports part...

Title: The Role of Teacher Racial/Ethnic Composition on Schools' Use of Disciplinary Sanctions
Author: Moniz, Kyleigh
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Educational sociology
Description: This study investigates the relationship between the race of the collective teaching force and disciplinary sanctions at the school level. Prior research indicates that having a teacher of the same race decreases student suspension and expulsion r...