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Racial Contrasts in Housing the Poor
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1993)The purpose of this study was to examine the milieu of inadequate housing and the quality of life among households in poverty in the United States. Quality of life will be defined as the combination of the housing unit's ... -
Racial Profiling
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2003)This paper is about racial profiling and how it has evolved throughout the history. Using an analytical framework, this paper examines the problems, laws, and policies of racial profiling and the prevalence and effect. -
The Radical Analysis of Urban Areas and Housing Markets
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1998)This paper will attempt to look at urban decline and its causes through an examination of the forces and institutions at work which have caused cities to develop in the manner they have. A radical analysis of urban areas ... -
Radio as a Tool for the Social Sciences: Production and Consumption of Public Culture at Michigan Radio (NPR)
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)By creating a product of news and culture consumed by listeners, public radio both reflects and shapes the ideals, priorities, and sensibilities of its audience. As the producers of public culture respond to listener desires ... -
Radio as a Tool for the Social Sciences: Production and Consumption of Public Culture at Michigan Radio (NPR) ·
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2013)This paper examines the creation of public culture through the content of public radio, and the roles of the producers and consumers of that content. By creating a product of news and culture that is then consumed by ... -
Rap : Racial Artistic Protest or Raping African Progress
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1991)The author analyzes rap music in its function as a tool for political protest and a means to achieve unity and black pride among African Americans. She considers the issue of whitewashing and commercialization of rap. Rap ... -
Rape on a College Campus : A Study of the Claremont Colleges
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1995)The author worked with Project Sister, a rape crisis center serving Southern California’s Claremont Colleges. Because of confidentiality issues, she does not use the experience of her clients directly, but instead uses ... -
Reaching Organizational Effectiveness Following Change: An Analysis of the Boyne, Charlevoix, and Emmet County United Way Merger
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1995)Change can mean many things. It can mean a simple alteration in the procedures that have always been followed. It can mean a turnover in staff or management. It can mean the addition of new technology. Or it can mean ... -
Reading Recovery Program: An Overview of an Early Reading Intervention Program for "At Risk" Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1993)I studied the Reading Recovery Program by reading available literature about Reading Recovery, attending the teacher training classes at Western Michigan University, and observing daily instruction at Greenwood Elementary ... -
Rebuilding Lives of the Poor: How Ministry with Community Drop-In Center Cultivates Self-Sufficiency and Dependency
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2010)According to C.L. Caton, each year between two to three million people in the United States experience an episode of homelessness. Ministry with Community is a daytime shelter for the working poor and homeless in Kalamazoo, ... -
Recognizing Motivations of Genocide: Historical W amings in Rwandan Violence
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Reconceptualizing Third Culture Kids (TCKs) : Investigating Transnational Non-place Identity and Problematizing the Concept of Third Culture Kids
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)This qualitative research is grounded in the experiences of children raised transnationally in highly mobile worlds. Traditionally in research these people have been referred to as Third Culture Kids (TCKs), however the ... -
Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers: How Organizations Can Overcome the Challenges of Working with Volunteers
(2008)Volunteers provide organizations with numerous resources and can work to really make a positive difference in the community. Volunteer rates in the United States are declining making it very important for organizations ... -
Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers: How Organizations Can Overcome the Challenges of Working with Volunteers
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009-04-27)Volunteers provide organizations with numerous resources and can work to make a positive difference in the community. Volunteer rates in the United States are declining making it very important for organizations that rely ... -
Recycled and Upcycled Clothing: An Examination of Environmentalism in American Fashion Culture
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)This paper seeks to examine recycled and upcycled clothing as it relates to the environmental movement and the societal functions that allow it to prosper. Recycled and upcycled clothing is analyzed through interdisciplinary ... -
Recycling Abuse: A Study of the Victim - Offender Cycle of Child Sexual Abuse
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Redefining the Role of the Art Museum in the 21st Century: A Look at the Detroit Institute of Arts
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)Art Museums have historically alienated their visitors and have had trouble bringing in underrepresented segments of the population. In recent years, art museums have begun redefining their role in society and have focused ... -
Redefining Trauma : an Examination of the Lasting Social, Personal, and Economic Effects of the Kalamazoo River Oil Spill
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2016)In July of 2010, the communities of Battle Creek and Marshall, Michigan experienced the largest inland oil spill in United States history. Stemming from Enbridge's pipeline 6B, the type of oil that spread over a 36-mile ... -
Reflections on Music Education and Community Orchestras
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009-04-27)SIP documents experiences I had, observations I made, and research I did on music education during an internship with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (KSO). . I worked mainly with their education department, and I was ...