and... Alvin Christian (U of M) presented “Academic Accommodations in Higher Education: Patterns, Predictors, and Impacts” - alvinchristian.com

@alvinchristian.bsky.social

Seth Walker (MSU) presented “Losing Aid, Losing Ground? The Academic and Career Consequences of Financial Aid Loss – Evidence from the TEXAS Grant” - sethwalker.org

Xiaomeng Li (U of M) presented “Learning the Major: The Role of Early Specialization in Educational and Labor Market Outcomes” - xiaomengli.net

Tyler Powell (MSU) presented "Taking the Long Way Home: The Effects of Bus Commutes on Student Achievement" - sites.google.com/view/tylerep...

Rubina Hundal (UChicago Harris) presented "Effects of Labor Market Exposure on Transition after High School: Experimental Evidence from Urban India" - g-hundal.github.io

@hundal-g.bsky.social

Featuring the job market candidates here:

Christopher Monjaras (Notre Dame) presented "Credit Crunch in the Classroom: School District Financing Under Liquidity Constraints" - cmonjaras.github.io

Highlights of our 2nd annual gathering: the great community of scholars from across midwest institutions, Mike Lovenheim's (Cornell) keynote, "Building State Data Partnerships to Advance Education Policy," and the addition of graduate student flash talks which were -- across the board -- superb.

- when similarity is measured only relative to female cmte members, gender gap disappears

which, OF COURSE, means that research similarity bias can act as a barrier in male-dominated areas and shapes who gets promoted and the diversity of ideas in academia

But, really, is it economics? 😉

The authors find that:
- promotion candidates whose research is more similar to the committee are more likely to win
- avg similarity does not differ by gender, but women have lower maximum similarity to cmte members, mainly driven by committee members being mostly male (shocked, I tell ya)

Drop the address in the chat

Open the circle -- invite people in!

That’s the MidSouth for you! 😉

I want to crash this gathering!

Crucifix on the wall, I know where you are! Would love to say hi -- are you still around tomorrow?

It's probably Times style or something, but also can't help but laugh at the characterization of a nearly-90,000 student university as a little ol' Indiana college embroiled in a little censorship dispute.