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Author:: Fu, Yuan Chih
Title:: Does the Project of World Class University (Phase I) Spur Scientific Productivity in STEM Fields? : A Study of Policy Impact in Taiwan
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: University Excellence Initiatives
Research University
Scientific Production
File:: Download submit_dissertation0807.pdf
Committee Members:: Roger L. Geiger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger L. Geiger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David P. Baker, Committee Member
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
Dennis K.J. Lin, Outside Member

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Author:: Pu, Shi
Title:: PEER EFFECTS WITH RANDOMLY ASSIGNED ROOMMATES: EVIDENCE FROM A CHINESE REGIONAL COLLEGE
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: Peer Effects
File:: Download Shi_Pu_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:: Liang Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liang Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Roger Geiger, Committee Member
Lynn Lin, Outside Member

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Author:: Liu, Huacong
Title:: How do Affirmative Action Bans Affect Student Racial and Socio-economic Composition?
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: affirmative action
student-body composition
low-income students
synthetic control analysis
File:: Download Liu_072017.pdf
Committee Members:: Liang Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liang Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Alicia C Dowd, Committee Member
Mark John Roberts, Outside Member

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Author:: Jang, Hyojung
Title:: Non-cognitive skills and achievement: A cross-national analysis of the association between academic perseverance and achievement
Graduate Program:: Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:: non-cognitive skills
grit
academic perseverance
achievement
cross-national comparisons
PISA
File:: Download Dissertation_Jang_HyoJung_Formatted.pdf
Committee Members:: Dana Lynn Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David P Baker, Committee Member
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Outside Member

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Author:: Zhu, Qiong
Title:: The Local Economic Impact of International Students
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: Economic Impact
International Student
Spatial Econometrics
File:: Download Dissertation_final_Qiong_Zhu.pdf
Committee Members:: John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leticia Oseguera, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Member
Guangqing Chi, Outside Member
Liang Zhang, Special Member
Leticia Oseguera, Program Head/Chair

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