The Pact: How a Seemingly Race-Neutral Behavioral Policy Reproduced Racial Inequality at a Predominantly White Liberal Arts College DOI Creative Commons
A. R. Gillis, Elena G. van Stee

Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

How do seemingly nonracial organizational processes reproduce racial inequality? This study examines how “the Pact,” an ostensibly race-neutral COVID-19 behavioral policy implemented at a predominantly White U.S. liberal arts college, undermined social connection and belonging among students of color. Analyzing three waves interviews with 30 undergraduates (N = 75 interviews), we document disparities in four domains campus life: (1) isolation residence halls, (2) access to “safe” forms rule breaking, (3) visibility surveillance, (4) stakes violation. We identify underlying mechanisms—unequal resource allocation, uneven enforcement, color-blind decision-making—and demonstrate distinct institutional conditions facilitated these processes. analysis advances theoretical understandings racialized higher education by connecting previously theorized mechanisms specific university characteristics practices.

Language: Английский

Activating Family Safety Nets: Understanding Undergraduates’ Pandemic Housing Transitions DOI Creative Commons
Elena G. van Stee, Arielle Kuperberg, Joan Maya Mazelis

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Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Safety nets are typically invisible until tested, and the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to observe how undergraduates responded common challenge of campus closures. Using survey data from two public universities (N = 750), we investigated factors associated with students’ reports moving a parent’s home as result pandemic. Our findings indicate that material needs stemming loss housing (if on campus) or employment off significantly affected but did not fully explain their decisions. Beyond these factors, older students those living romantic partner, sibling, extended family member were less likely move in parent. These build research documenting class-based differences by demonstrating importance life stage other social ties. Moreover, they highlight parent-child relationships evolve during transition adulthood, influencing decisions seek support times crisis.

Language: Английский

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The Pact: How a Seemingly Race-Neutral Behavioral Policy Reproduced Racial Inequality at a Predominantly White Liberal Arts College DOI Creative Commons
A. R. Gillis, Elena G. van Stee

Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

How do seemingly nonracial organizational processes reproduce racial inequality? This study examines how “the Pact,” an ostensibly race-neutral COVID-19 behavioral policy implemented at a predominantly White U.S. liberal arts college, undermined social connection and belonging among students of color. Analyzing three waves interviews with 30 undergraduates (N = 75 interviews), we document disparities in four domains campus life: (1) isolation residence halls, (2) access to “safe” forms rule breaking, (3) visibility surveillance, (4) stakes violation. We identify underlying mechanisms—unequal resource allocation, uneven enforcement, color-blind decision-making—and demonstrate distinct institutional conditions facilitated these processes. analysis advances theoretical understandings racialized higher education by connecting previously theorized mechanisms specific university characteristics practices.

Language: Английский

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