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Social Forces Colloquium Series: Akram Al-Turk, UNC

Hamilton Hall 569 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Supply and Demand of New Ideas: How the Federal Government and Academics Shaped Education Policy in the U.S., 1965-1983. How does a new policy paradigm – a coherent set of problem definitions and policy prescriptions – emerge? A new … Read more

Social Forces Colloquium Series: Jonathan Horowitz, UNC

Hamilton Hall 569 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Underemployed and Overcompensated: The Uncertain Rewards of a Bachelor’s Degree How have the economic returns to a bachelor degree changed? Using Current Population Data and a new measurement of occupational positions that integrates skills and occupational power, we demonstrate an … Read more