Organizers:

M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University

Session Chairs:

M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"The Effects of Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program on College Aspirations and Completion"
Robert Toutkoushian, The University of Georgia
Donald Hossler, Indiana University
Stephen L. DesJardins, University of Michigan
Brian McCall, University of Michigan
Manuel Canche, The University of Georgia

"Intra-Family Relations, Poverty, and High School Performance"
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
Darrick Hamilton, The New School
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"Strategic Senioritis and the Impact of Texas's Top Ten Percent Law on High School Outcomes"
Daniel M. Leeds, Michigan Department of Education
Lindsay Daugherty, RAND
Isaac Martorell, Jr., RAND
Isaac McFarlin, Jr., University of Michigan

"Have the Returns to an Incomplete Education Changed Over Time?"
Rodney J. Andrews, The University of Texas at Dallas
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University

"Middle School Music Education and Its Impact on High School Persistence: An Examination of Little Kids Rock"
Priyanka Singh, The University of Texas at Dallas
M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University

Discussants:

John Winters, Oklahoma State University
David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
Courtney Collins, Rhodes College
Marigee Bacolod, Naval Postgraduate School

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Organizers:

Michael S. Kofoed, The University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Michael S. Kofoed, The University of Georgia

Papers:

"The Effects of For-Profit College Training on Earnings"
Anna Chung, The University of Michigan (Contact Author)

"Separate and Unequal in the Labor Market: School Quality and the Black-White Wage Gap"
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee

"Public Education and Parent Choice in Market Space That Is Dominated by Public Rent-Seeking"
Chris Fawson, Utah State University (Contact Author)
Roberta Herzberg, Utah State University

Discussants:

Ruben Jacobo-Rubio, The University of Georgia
Robert Toutkoushian, The University of Georgia
Michael S. Kofoed, The University of Georgia

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