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Looking at Affirmative Action in a New Light

By Suzanne Bouffard | Published: September 17, 2015

Stereotype threat occurs when an individual is afraid of confirming a negative stereotype about a group to which he or she belongs and, in a cruel irony, performs worse because of it. Research shows the phenomenon is real and can sabotage affirmative action.

Simple But Powerful Solutions to Education’s Thorniest Problems

By Suzanne Bouffard | Published: August 31, 2015

Brief educational interventions that draw on social psychology can have a big impact on seemingly intractable inequities in the classroom because students’ thoughts and feelings about school affect their experiences of it.

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