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Student Attitudes Toward Campus Diversity at the United States Naval Academy : Evidence from Conjoint Survey Experiments

Polga-Hecimovich, John; Carey, John M.; Horiuchi, Yusaku - 2021

Although the value of diversity — in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status —to the U.S. military has been subject to debate, preferences for diversity at educational institutions for the military officers are rarely examined systematically. To address this, we...

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Work-Based Learning in U.S. Higher Educational Policy

Raelin, Joseph A. - 2012

Although most U.S. institutions of higher education now make appreciable use of work-based learning options, their attention to experiential education as a learning vehicle is relatively limited. The connection between the work experience and the on-campus curriculum is only loosely formed, and...

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Private Higher Education : A Perspective from the United States

Schukoske, Jane E. - 2010

This chapter was written for a book published in India. The anticipated audience for this paper is generally for residents of India. Reading news reports and some academic commentary in India, I find that private higher education is very readily berated and dismissed. This is surprising to me,...

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Individual labor market effects of local public expenditures on sports

Pawlowski, Tim; Steckenleiter, Carina; Wallrafen, Tim; … - 2019 - This draft: May 2019

Socio-Economic Panel, we explore whether local public expenditures on sports facilities influences individual labor market … sports in general and in any of the publicly funded sports facilities in particular. Moreover, improved well-being and health …

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Sports and clean environment : key drivers of health and longevity in the European Union

Milon, Alexandra Gabriela; Dragoş, Cristian Mihai; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 26 (2024) 67, pp. 975-990

This article highlights the effects of sports participation and environmental health on the lifespan and overall health … Southeast regarding both the frequency of sports activity and environmental health conditions. To mitigate the potential … confounding effects resulting from the strong correlations between the variables sports and environment variables and the gross …

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The effect of perceived motivation of sports sponsorship : evidence from basketball fans

Koronios, Konstantinos; Psiloutsikou, Marina; … - In: International journal of business and economic sciences … 9 (2016) 2, pp. 33-45

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to single out the key variables in the sport sponsorship relationship, and more … involved in the sports club and in basketball in general. As a result, the overall accuracy of the identified sponsors may have … that the results came from only one type of sport and also from sport fans of a specific club, makes their generalization …

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Can You Leave High School Behind?

Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - 2014

In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...

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Covid on Campus : An Empirical Analysis of Covid Infection Rates at US Colleges and Universities

Davis, Lewis; Schmidt, Stephen; Zacher, Sophia - 2021

We provide an empirical analysis of the determinants of cumulative Covid infection rates at over 1,100 US colleges and universities during the 2020-21 academic year. We propose a simple theoretical framework in which financially constrained educational institutions face a trade-off between...

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COVID on Campus : An Empirical Analysis of COVID Infection Rates at US Colleges and Universities

Davis, Lewis; Schmidt, Stephen; Zacher, Sophia - 2021

We provide an empirical analysis of the determinants of cumulative COVID infection rates at over 1,100 US colleges and universities during the 2020-21 academic year. We propose a simple theoretical framework in which financially constrained educational institutions face a trade-off between...

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The Effect of Vaccine Mandates on Disease Spread : Evidence from College COVID-19 Mandates

Acton, Riley K.; Cao, Wenjia; Cook, Emily E.; Imberman, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Since the spring of 2021, nearly 700 colleges and universities in the U.S. have mandated that their students become vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. We leverage rich data on colleges' vaccination policies and semester start dates, along with a variety of county-level public health...

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