Session Chairs:

Monica Garcia-Perez, St. Cloud State University

Papers:

"Does It Matter Who I Work for and Who I Work with? The Impact of Owners and Coworkers on Hiring and Wages"
Monica Garcia-Perez, St. Cloud State University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of 9/11 on Intermarriages in the U.S."
Chunbei Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Le Wang, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Differences in Expected Starting Salaries by Gender and Race of Bachelor Degree Recipients"
Rhona Free, Eastern Connecticut State University
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Chunbei Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Gary Hoover, The University of Alabama
Xinrong Li, Texas A&M University

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Session Chairs:

Priyanka Singh, The University of Texas at Dallas

Papers:

"Do State Funded Merit Scholarships for Higher Education Reduce High School Dropouts"
Christopher C. Klein, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)
Elizabeth A. Perry-Sizemore, Randolph College

"Exploring Youth Choices on Employment and High School Graduation: Differences Between Rural and Urban Settings"
Jeffrey L. Jordan, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Elton Mykerezi, University of Minnesota
Genti Kostandini, The University of Georgia

"Making the Leap: Analysis of Transfer from Two Year Colleges to Four Year Colleges in Kentucky"
Darshak Patel, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Effect of Participation in Advanced Placement Courses on Remedial Course Taking in College"
Priyanka Singh, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Kristin Klopfenstein, The University of Texas at Dallas

Discussants:

Darshak Patel, University of Kentucky
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University
Elizabeth A. Perry-Sizemore, Randolph College

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Session Chairs:

Peter Hinrichs, Georgetown University

Papers:

"A Non-Experimental Evaluation of Curricular Effectiveness in Math"
Rachana Bhatt, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Cory R. Koedel, University of Missouri

"High School Curriculum Choice and the Transition to College"
Neal Olitsky, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Contact Author)

"When the Bell Tolls: The Effects of School Starting Times on Academic Achievement"
Peter Hinrichs, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Peer Effects in Higher Education: A Look at Heterogeneous Impacts"
Amanda L. Griffith, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)
Kevin Rask, Wake Forest University

Discussants:

Amanda L. Griffith, Wake Forest University
Josh B. McGee, University of Arkansas
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University
Rachana Bhatt, Georgia State University

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Session Chairs:

Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University

Papers:

"Affirmative Action in MBA Programs: Investigating the Mismatch Hypothesis for Race and Gender"
Wayne A. Grove, Le Moyne College (Contact Author)
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis

"The Psychology of Major Choice and Wage Differential Between Black Men and White Men in Connecticut"
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Margaret Letterman, Eastern Connecticut State University

"Direct and Indirect Effects of Maternal Education on Children's Outcomes"
Ishita Dey, Dalton State College (Contact Author)

"Family Learning Environment on Early Literacy: Comparing Bilingual with Monolingual Children"
Li Feng, Texas State University - San Marcos (Contact Author)
Yunwei Gai, Babson College
Xiaoning Chen, SUNY Fredonia

Discussants:

Yunwei Gai, Babson College
Ishita Dey, Dalton State College
Jeffrey L. Jordan, The University of Georgia
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University

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