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Harrington, James R.; Muñoz, José; Curs, Bradley R.; Ehlert, Mark – Research in Higher Education, 2016
The adoption of state-funded merit-based aid programs has become increasingly popular among policy-makers, particularly in the southeastern part of the United States. One of the primary rationales of state-funded merit-based aid is to provide scholarships to the best and brightest students as a means to retain high quality human capital in the…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, State Aid, Merit Scholarships, Regression (Statistics)
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Hargens, Lowell L. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Using data for 638 assistant professors who joined graduate sociology departments between 1975 and 1992, I examine the claim that when the labor market for new doctorates is weak, assistant professors experience less favorable employment outcomes than when that labor market is strong. Surprisingly, I find that those hired during the weak…
Descriptors: Labor Market, College Faculty, Higher Education, Sociology