Tuesday 4:00 - 5:45 p.m. SEA |
Session 10L The Economics of Higher Education |
Session Chairs: |
Bradley Curs, University of Missouri-Columbia |
Papers: |
"Teaching-Learning Process and Personality Type in the Business Classroom" "Does Participation in Campus Recreation and Intramural Activities Improve GPA Production Among College Students?" "Where the Doctorates Are: Doctorate Production in the Social Sciences and Humanities 1966 – 2005" "Is There Value Added from Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Social Sciences?" |
Discussants: |
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University |
Wednesday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 6N Higher Education Funding |
Session Chairs: |
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania |
Papers: |
"The Roles of Public Higher Education Expenditure and the Privatization of the Higher Education on U.S. States Economic Growth" "Changing Incentives and Course-Taking in Merit Scholarships: The Case of 2004 Revisions to Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship" "Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants?" |
Discussants: |
Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College |
Wednesday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 16P Educational Attainment: Environmental Influences and Policy |
Session Chairs: |
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania |
Papers: |
"Literacy and Numeracy Production and Education Sector Reform: Evidence from Ghana" "Effect of a Lowering of Academic Standards on Educational Attainment: Evidence from India" "Educational Attainment Among Women Sexually Abused in Childhood" "Does Political Reservation for Minorities Reduce Poverty? Evidence from India." |
Discussants: |
Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University |