 
  | Sunday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. SEA | Session 19G Education Policy | 
| Session Chairs: | 
          Gregory Gilpin, Montana State University | 
| Papers: | "An Investigation for a More Sensible Approach to the Educational Cost Analysis: Examples from Texas" "Choosing Where to Teach:  The Effect of Teacher Quality on the Charter Versus Public School Decision" "Contract Rigidities and the Quantity and Quality of Teachers: An Analysis of Differential Effects Across Teaching-Subject Areas" "Estimating the Expected Net Returns to College" "Measuring the High School Graduation Rate in the Ninth Federal Reserve District" | 
| Discussants: | 		
          Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University | 
| Monday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA | Session 15J High School Graduation and College Transition | 
| Session Chairs: | 
          Priyanka Singh, The University of Texas at Dallas | 
| Papers: | "Do State Funded Merit Scholarships for Higher Education Reduce High School Dropouts" "Exploring Youth Choices on Employment and High School Graduation: Differences Between Rural and Urban Settings" "Making the Leap: Analysis of Transfer from Two Year Colleges to Four Year Colleges in Kentucky" "Effect of Participation in Advanced Placement Courses on Remedial Course Taking in College" | 
| Discussants: | 		
          Darshak Patel, University of Kentucky |