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:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Measuring the Efficiency of the Japan Professional Football League"
Dan Zhao, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

"Price Beliefs and Experience: Do Consumers’ Beliefs Converge to Empirical Distributions with Repeated Purchases?"
Brett Matsumoto, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Forrest Spence, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Welfare Impact of Truncated Tournament Contracts: A Short-Run Analysis in Broiler Production Industry"
Zhen Wang, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)
Tomislav Vukina, North Carolina State University

"Broken Promises and Hidden Partnerships"
Jingnan (Cecilia) Chen, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Daniel Houser, George Mason University

Discussants:

Gary Hoover, The University of Alabama
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University
Donna K. Ginther, The University of Kansas
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University

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Session Chairs:

Andrew Ewing, King County Wastewater Treatment Division

Papers:

"From the Battlefield to the Classroom: The Impact of the Post-9/11 GI Bill"
Andrew Barr, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Non-Traditional Students at For-Profit Universities: Access and Results"
Sandra I Brebenel, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Effects of Internship on Job Performance"
Erik Strojer Madsen, Aarhus University (Contact Author)

"Student Evaluations of Teachers and the Grading Leniency Hypothesis: Evidence from a Field Experiment"
Andrew Ewing, King County Wastewater Treatment Division (Contact Author)
Paul R. Hindsley, Eckerd College

"Class Size Matters: Effects of Larger Classes on Overall Student Learning and Learning of Disadvantaged Students"
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University
Manu Raghav, DePauw University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Manu Raghav, DePauw University
Andrew Barr, University of Virginia
Sandra I Brebenel, The University of Georgia
Erik Strojer Madsen, Aarhus University
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis

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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Limited English Peers on Native Students' Performance"
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"Socio-Economic Status and Interracial Marriage: Myths and Facts"
Darrick Hamilton, The New School (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Art Carden, Samford University
Rodney J. Andrews, The University of Texas at Dallas
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute

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