Research+Proposals

//Measuring factors that contribute to service participation// || Annemarie Bacich, John Baker, Todd Pinsonneault, Kat || Vidal   
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 * > **What did you call me?** //Measuring the incidence of stereotypical language to determine the effectiveness of diversity programming in independent schools// || Ayisha Abdul-Salaam, Tony Alleyne, Bill Hulseman, Belinda Nicholson || Independent schools have made significant efforts to increase racial/ethnic diversity and promote tolerance of gender and sexual orientation. Despite this, effectiveness of diversity programming varies and is difficult to measure. Drawing on information about achievement gaps in independent schools, the theory of stereotype threat and relevant data, and the incidence and effects of pejorative linguistic cues, and focusing on the experience of racial/ethnic, religious, and gender minority students, we propose a climate survey to be implemented in independent schools that intends to measure both the incidence of pejorative language that contributes to an atmosphere of stereotype threat and the general climate of a school. Implementation of the survey in a network or consortium of peer schools would not only provide individual institutions valuable insight into the experience of students but also, subject to meta-analysis, contribute to the growing understanding of the achievement gap of minority identity students and the effectiveness of diversity programming. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **SERVICE: EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT. WHY AREN’T YOU?**

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