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No Free Lunch, Michael Hemesath Jun 2014

No Free Lunch, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Could I Get Into My Alma Mater Today?!, Michael Hemesath Jun 2014

Could I Get Into My Alma Mater Today?!, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Benefits Of Diversity On The Pitch And In The Classroom, Michael Hemesath Jun 2014

Benefits Of Diversity On The Pitch And In The Classroom, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Perfect Information, Michael Hemesath Jun 2014

Perfect Information, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Educational Debt On The Probability Of Homeownership For College Graduates: An Empirical Analysis, Cole Ikkala Jun 2014

The Effect Of Educational Debt On The Probability Of Homeownership For College Graduates: An Empirical Analysis, Cole Ikkala

Honors Theses

With the average tuition of both public and private institutions on the rise, students are graduating from college with a higher burden of debt than ever before. In turn this is adversely affecting their post-graduation decisions, specifically the purchasing of their first home. With the simultaneous increase of educational debt levels and tightening of lending constraints for mortgages, it is hypothesized that first-time homeownership is being delayed. The purpose of this study is to analyze what exactly is delaying graduates from purchasing a home, the outstanding total educational debt amount or the monthly educational debt repayment amounts. Both can hinder …


Student Debt: Graduate Versus Undergraduate, Michael Hemesath May 2014

Student Debt: Graduate Versus Undergraduate, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Personal Attention, Mentoring And The Liberal Arts, Michael Hemesath May 2014

Personal Attention, Mentoring And The Liberal Arts, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


More Commencement Season Silliness: This Time It’S Smith, Michael Hemesath May 2014

More Commencement Season Silliness: This Time It’S Smith, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Another Way To Assess The College Experience: A Caring Professor, Michael Hemesath May 2014

Another Way To Assess The College Experience: A Caring Professor, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Affirmative Action: A Middle Ground?, Michael Hemesath May 2014

Affirmative Action: A Middle Ground?, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Tennessee Education Reform: Understanding Policy Implementations In Tennessee’S Rural And Urban School Districts And Future Steps For Positive Change, Abigail Jeanne Mckamey May 2014

Tennessee Education Reform: Understanding Policy Implementations In Tennessee’S Rural And Urban School Districts And Future Steps For Positive Change, Abigail Jeanne Mckamey

Baker Scholar Projects

No abstract provided.


The Case For A New College Governance Structure In Nevada: Integrating Higher Education With Economic Development, Magdalena Martinez, David F. Damore, Robert Lang May 2014

The Case For A New College Governance Structure In Nevada: Integrating Higher Education With Economic Development, Magdalena Martinez, David F. Damore, Robert Lang

Lincy Institute Reports and Briefs

As Katz and Bradley (2013) document, the confluence of partisan politics and budget cuts have left the federal government and to a lesser extent, state governments impotent to address the countless economic and education challenges facing the United States. Out of necessity, metros and regions are taking the lead in collaborating, innovating, and governing in Post-Recession America. Instead of waiting for federal or state governments to impose prescriptive, one-size fits all “solutions,” localities are seizing opportunities to strengthen their economies by working with stakeholders to develop policies tailored to their unique and complicated needs.


Understanding Nevada's Higher Education Governance For Two-Year Colleges: Challenges And Solutions, Magdalena Martinez May 2014

Understanding Nevada's Higher Education Governance For Two-Year Colleges: Challenges And Solutions, Magdalena Martinez

Lincy Institute Reports and Briefs

State governance of colleges and universities is an indicator of the state’s relationship with key stakeholders, such as business leaders, elected officials, policy makers, and local residents. Accordingly, a state’s college governance structure shapes two-year public colleges’ institutional priorities and how these vital institutions respond to local workforce needs. Around the country, an important function of two-year colleges is to provide training and skills for regional workforces that align to local business and industry needs. This brief examines the origins of two-year colleges and compares Nevada’s college outcomes with those of similar states through.


Connecting The Dots: An Economic Study Of Parental Factors Shaping Early Childhood Cognitive Development, Bryn Alexandra O'Neill Apr 2014

Connecting The Dots: An Economic Study Of Parental Factors Shaping Early Childhood Cognitive Development, Bryn Alexandra O'Neill

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This study investigates how maternal and paternal employment status and educational attainment, coupled with parental time and educational inputs such as toys, books, etc. devoted to children, have impacted young children's cognitive development in the U.S. Cognitive development comprises the intellectual and conscious thinking growth that begins in infancy. It involves problem solving, reasoning and memory aptitudes and is tested for throughout each year of childhood in various ways. The impact of the use of external childcare in lieu of parental time on development is also evaluated. This paper will outline reviewed literature, a theoretical model, data discussion, model construction …


Dao Selected For Economics Research Fellowship, Hannah Dhue Apr 2014

Dao Selected For Economics Research Fellowship, Hannah Dhue

News and Events

No abstract provided.


77 Cents Redux, Michael Hemesath Apr 2014

77 Cents Redux, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Duffee ’14 Named Technos Award Winner, Tia Patsavas Apr 2014

Duffee ’14 Named Technos Award Winner, Tia Patsavas

News and Events

No abstract provided.


On Not Going To College, Michael Hemesath Apr 2014

On Not Going To College, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


Does The Nyt Editorial Board Understand Higher Education?, Michael Hemesath Apr 2014

Does The Nyt Editorial Board Understand Higher Education?, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


The Gender Wage Gap And Child Poverty: A Statistical Analysis, Kristine Farwell Apr 2014

The Gender Wage Gap And Child Poverty: A Statistical Analysis, Kristine Farwell

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

Child poverty is an immense societal problem because of the unnecessary hardship it creates for the children who experience it, and the ways in which it negatively impacts others as well. Poor children experience malnutrition, lower academic performance, and higher death rates than children not in poverty. In addition, poverty continues to follow them throughout their life time. There are additional negative results for society as well. Higher healthcare costs and lower productivity can harm the economy. Communities with high child poverty levels also experience additional education and interaction challenges (Griggs and Walker 2008). Reducing child poverty would not only …


Department Of Economics Newsletter, V19, Spring 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Economics. Apr 2014

Department Of Economics Newsletter, V19, Spring 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Economics.

Department of Economics Newsletter

Inside This Issue:
--Scholarship News
--Alumni News
--Alumni Notes
--Alumni-in-Residence: Reflections from Derek Thoms, '02
--Spin and Win
--Economics Club
--Russia 2013
--Student Writing
--Undergraduate Research Program
--Lawrence M. Jepson International Economics Essay Contest
--Collage
--40 years...and counting!
--Current Faculty Research
-- Economics Students/Faculty Recognition
--From Our Emeritus Faculty
--Faculty Interview: An Interview With Ken McCormick
--Commentaries From Faculty
--Health Economics
--UNI NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative
--ELF Day (Economics, Laughter, & Fun)


Teacher Effects And Teacher Related Policies, C. Kirabo Jackson, Jonah Rockoff, Douglas Staiger Mar 2014

Teacher Effects And Teacher Related Policies, C. Kirabo Jackson, Jonah Rockoff, Douglas Staiger

C. Kirabo Jackson

The emergence of large longitudinal data sets linking students to teachers has led to rapid growth in the study of teacher effects on student outcomes by economists over the past decade. One large literature has documented wide variation in teacher effectiveness that is not well explained by observable student or teacher characteristics. A second literature has investigated how educational outcomes might be improved by leveraging teacher effectiveness through processes of recruitment, assignment, compensation, evaluation, promotion, and retention. These two lines of inquiry are closely tied; the first tells us about the importance of individual teachers, and the second tells us …


Professor Orlowski Honored For Contributions To Economics With Honorary Doctorate From Poland University, Lucjan T. Orlowski Dr. Mar 2014

Professor Orlowski Honored For Contributions To Economics With Honorary Doctorate From Poland University, Lucjan T. Orlowski Dr.

Lucjan T. Orlowski

No abstract provided.


Bootstrap Blues, Hannah M. Frantz Mar 2014

Bootstrap Blues, Hannah M. Frantz

SURGE

Meet David*. In mid-January, he came to the small town Iowa elementary school where I work. David has attended more schools in the two years since he started school than I have in my lifetime. In fact, the school he just moved from only has four days of attendance listed on his record. David moves so often because he’s homeless. His situation is not what we may stereotypically think of as “homeless”—you wouldn’t see him on the streets or even in soup kitchens. Instead, David stays with his mother, and they couch surf from one home to another from week …


Challenges In Higher Ed: Law School And The Liberal Arts College, Michael Hemesath Mar 2014

Challenges In Higher Ed: Law School And The Liberal Arts College, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


School Choice, School Quality And Postsecondary Attainment, David J. Deming, Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger Mar 2014

School Choice, School Quality And Postsecondary Attainment, David J. Deming, Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger

Dartmouth Scholarship

We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college attainment among lottery winners who attend their first choice school. Using rich administrative data on peers, teachers, course offerings and other inputs, we show that the impacts of choice are strongly predicted by gains on several measures of school quality. Gains in attainment are concentrated among girls. Girls respond to attending a better school with higher grades and increases in college-preparatory course-taking, while boys do not.


The Efficacy Of Mathematics Education, Eric Geimer Feb 2014

The Efficacy Of Mathematics Education, Eric Geimer

The STEAM Journal

Evidence supports the notion that mathematics education in the United States is inadequate. There is also evidence that mathematics education deficiencies extend internationally. The worldwide mathematics education deficit appears large enough that improving student performance in this educational problem area could yield great economic benefit. To improve the efficacy of mathematics education, education’s root problems must first be understood. Often supposed educational root problems are considered and contrasted against potential deficiencies of mathematics methodologies and curricula that are based on mainstream educational philosophies. The educational philosophies utilized to form early-grade mathematics methodologies and related curricula are judged to be the …


Gender, Compensation And Choices, Michael Hemesath Feb 2014

Gender, Compensation And Choices, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.


The Presumption Of Payment, Christopher J. Dellana Feb 2014

The Presumption Of Payment, Christopher J. Dellana

SURGE

At Gettysburg College, students invest a considerable amount of money to make their experiences rewarding for future aspirations. Enrollment at this school, like others, I am sure, seems to breed a special type of student: the students who view themselves as paying and therefore deserving consumers. [excerpt]


A Statistical Look At The Class Of 2008, Michael Hemesath Feb 2014

A Statistical Look At The Class Of 2008, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.