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An evaluation of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship's effect on PhD production at non-UNCF institutions

Prenovitz, Sarah J.; Cohen, Gary R.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; … - 2015

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An Evaluation of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship's Effect on Phd Production at Non-Uncf Institutions

Prenovitz, Sarah - 2015

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF) was established in 1988 to encourage underrepresented minority (URM) students to pursue PhD study with an eye towards entering academia. Fellows have completed PhDs at high rates relative to other students, but they are selected for their...

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An Evaluation of The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship's Effect on PhD Production at Non-UNCF Institutions

Prenovitz, Sarah J. - 2015

In this paper we use restricted access administrative data from the Mellon Foundation and the National Science Foundation's Survey of Earned Doctorates to investigate the effect of the MMUF on PhD completions by underrepresented minority students who graduate from participating institutions. We...

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Educational and wage risk : social insurance vs. quality of education

Schindler, Dirk; Weigert, Benjamin - 2008

In this model of education, where individuals are exposed both to educational risk and to wage risk within the skilled … enhancing the quality of education. The necessary expenditures are optimally financed by regressive tuition fees and the net …