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Impacts of the Repression of Student Activism on the Transition to Universal Higher Education Through Case Study and Examination of 4-year graduation, 6-year Graduation, and Retention Rates at Three Large Public Research Universities
(2021-05)Through case studies of three cases of student activism and subsequent university response from 2015, this thesis seeks to understand the connections between the repression of student activism and the failed shift from ... -
Death of the Dream
(2021-05-10)This thesis seeks to assert that the American educational model is a symptom of overarching systemic racial oppression resembling a Trojan horse in the sense that it is designed to appease Black Americans in the present ... -
Post-Secondary Enrollment Decisions of High School Students: The Effect of Socioeconomic Status
(2021-05-01)Discrepancies exist in the type of students who attend, and graduate from, post-secondary institutions. This study investigates the impact of socioeconomic status on students' enrollment decisions using the Education ... -
Restorative Action
(2020)Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the ... -
Transcending the Migration Security Dilemma: A Critical Emancipatory Analysis of Irregular Economic Migration Policy
(2020-05)The phenomena of undocumented migrant labor, or irregular economic migration, has become conentious topic in migration studies and global migration policy. Within International Relations, liberal and realist mainstream ... -
Wading Upstream: The Case for Ecofeminism as a Solution-Oriented, Critical Theory Approach
(2020-05-15)This thesis is an analytical piece meant to explore the methods of transnational corporations engaging in aid relating to gendered environmental sustainability efforts. The piece will not be very poetic in nature and—though ... -
The Undesigned
(2020-05)In the future, it has become the norm for parents to edit their children's DNA in vitro through CRISPR technology. Because of their genetic superiority, the designed, commonly known as "Vitros" have secured their place as ... -
L’Espace Provocateur : Croisements entre le théâtre de Mnouchkine et de Brecht
(2019-05)Theatrical space can be used to bring political and social issues to an audience’s attention, as well as encourage political action. This is the basis of Bertolt Brecht's famous style of "dialectical theatre." It is through ... -
Whose Congo? Understanding Diaspora-Homeland Perceptions and Transnational Political Engagement in the Congolese (DRC) Diaspora in Belgium
(2019-05-16)The scope of this project is to explore the intersection of diaspora-homeland perceptions and transnational political engagement. Research has already proven that the Congolese diaspora in Belgium is involved in the ... -
L’dor V’dor : La Montée de l’antisémitisme en France pendant la première moitié du vingtième siècle
(2019-05-09)The country with the third largest Jewish population, France has a rich history and highly developed relationship with its Jewish population. Despite this, it also is known for its anti-Semitism, which overtook society in ... -
A Theological Framework for Understanding Interfaith Engagement
(2019-05)By examining the current world of interfaith engagement, this paper puts forth a framework for understanding interfaith cooperation through a theological lens as a next step in interfaith engagement and dialogue. This ... -
Discourse of Faith and Power: Turnaround Tuesday, a Case Study
(2019-05)This paper explores the spiritually ambiguous identity of the jobs movement Turnaround Tuesday and how it is reflective of Baltimore City’s history of utilizing the church as a reactive force against structural violence. ... -
"The Principal is Like a Warden in a Four-Year Sentence"
(2019-05-17)This thesis seeks to apply the above literature in its evaluation of Maryland’s efforts to dismantlement the school-to-prison-pipeline. This project seeks to answer two specific questions through its analysis, (1.) What ... -
Re-enfranchising the Disenfranchised: Increasing Political Participation among Baltimore City’s Previously Incarcerated through Parochial Social Controls
(2019-05)There has been growing interest in expanding voting rights and bolstering political participation among the United States electorate. Yet, even as states take steps to make the political process more inclusive, previously ... -
Mass Incarceration: The Subjugation of Black Men's Health
(2019-05-19)There has been an ongoing effort to lessen racial health disparities in the United States, but little headway has been made. Despite tremendous advances in medicine, the life expectancy gap between black and white men has ... -
Race, Religion and Gender: Conservative Christians and the Politics of the American Identity
(2019-05-17)This thesis asserts that the source of Donald Trump’s White Christian American support has nothing to do with his personal faith, but his promises to return the U.S. to a time when White Christian America, and White Christian ... -
How the District of Columbia Can Achieve Statehood: Supporting the Democratic Process in the Cradle of Democracy
(2019-05-16)The question of whether the District of Columbia should be able to receive the status of statehood is a relevant question in American politics because hundreds of thousands of American citizens living there do not currently ... -
Denmark and France: A Counterterrorism Case Study, Counterterrorism Strategies and the Infringement of Returning Foreign Fighters’ Human Rights
(2019-05-16)Through a comparison of two case studies – Denmark and France – this paper seeks to analyze counterterrorism strategies for returning foreign fighters and the extent the strategies infringe on their human rights. The ...
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