- “Ethnic minorities” defined as the first and second generation population with a non-Western foreign background. As the study took place in the Netherlands, the “ethnic majority” is defined as native Dutch. Ethnic minority students made up about 20% of the class. 

Barnard College

- Subjects were recently-enrolled first-year college students
- The goal-setting intervention was delivered to students as a part of the curriculum in their first trimester
- The subjects' academic performance was measured against the enrollment status and average performance of students from three previous years who did not receive the intervention 

Goal-setting intervention methods: Subjects

Schippers M C, Scheepers W A and Peterson J B (2015) A scalable goal-setting intervention closes both the gender and ethnic minority achievement gap. Palgrave Communications. 1:15014 doi: 10.1057/palcomms.2015.14.

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