2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-8:00 am
47-1 EDUCATION AND POLICY CHOICE
Room Salon 12 on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Paul Teske, University of Colorado, Denver
Paul.Teske@cudenver.edu
Paper Shopping for a Venue: Charter Schools and their Political
Activities
Venue shopping has been a theoretical concept for those studying
policy and interest groups but rarely tested empirically. The paper
uses charter school political activities to test theories of venue
shopping activities measured along two dimensions.
Heath A Brown, Roanoke College
hbrown@roanoke.edu
Thomas Holyoke, California State University, Fresno
tholyoke@csufresno.edu
Paper Charters Schools, Equity, and Student Enrollments: The Role of
For-profit Educational Management Organizations
This paper examines whether charter schools are less likely to serve
disadvantaged students by comparing not only traditional public
schools and charter schools, but also by differentiating between
charter schools according to operator type.
Nevbahar Ertas, Georgia State University
padnex@langate.gsu.edu
Christine H. Roch, Georgia State University
padchr@langate.gsu.edu
Paper Movin’ On: Student Transfers Between School Districts Under
Open Enrollment
This paper examines the political development of interdistrict open
enrollment policies and analyzes the factors affecting the number
of students using interdistrict open enrollment to enter and leave
school districts in Minnesota and Colorado.
John F. Witte, University of Wisconsin, Madison
witte@lafollette.wisc.edu
Deven E. Carlson, University of Wisconsin, Madison
decarlson@wisc.edu
Lesley Lavery, University of Wisconsin, Madison
lavery@wisc.edu
Paper Competition, Exit and Voice in a Deregulated Market
Choice systems are believed to increase satisfaction with public
services by giving citizens the chance to choose the provider. This
paper tests the basic assumption of citizen mobility in the context of
the Chilean school choice system.
Elif Erisen, SUNY, Stony Brook
ecalki@ic.sunysb.edu
Disc. Paul Teske, University of Colorado, Denver
Paul.Teske@cudenver.edu
47-18 ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: DIVERSITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY (Co-sponsored with Teaching
Political Science, see 56-6)
Room PDR 9 on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Richard Lehne, Rutgers University
lehne@rci.rutgers.edu
Paper Public Policy and the Professoriate: Professionals or Public
Employees
This paper examines debates about proposed regulations regarding
accountability and outcomes in higher education in terms of several
competing perspectives ("church, "market," "state") and historical
examples of accountability in other professions.
David C. Paris, Hamilton College
dparis@hamilton.edu
Paper Middle States vs. Baruch College - Who Accredits the
Accreditors
The Case of Middle States Accreditation Association v. Baruch
College provides a dramatic illustration of the legislative and legal
confusion that can occur when government authority is delegated
into private hands.
Paul Weissburg, George Mason University
pweissburg@yahoo.com
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Research Universities: Preparing Minorities to Live in a Global
Environment
The importance of the study abroad experience is to broaden the
higher education experience. Any group of students, including
minorities, who does not participate in a study abroad program is
not fully engaged in the higher education process.
Felecia D. Williams, University of Richmond
williamsfd@vcu.edu
Accounting for Accountability: The Politics of Accountability in
Higher Education
The paper addresses a series of questions of significance: What are
the political forces behind the accountability movement Why have
some states been quicker to seek accountability in their universities'
than others
Robert Edward Sterken Jr, University of Texas, Tyler
rsterken@uttyler.edu
Student Preferences, Pricing, and Costing of Education
This paper attempts to analyze student preferences in an academic
setting, to determine which can serve to be revenue drivers, and
which remain cost drivers for an institution. Conclusions drawn are
of interest to anyone in the academic community.
Alexander Michael Pevec, Malaspina University College
peveca@mala.bc.ca
Richard Lehne, Rutgers University
lehne@rci.rutgers.edu
48-1 THE STATE AND THE MARKET: A COMPARATIVE
PERSPECTIVE
Room Suite 10-250 on the 10th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Lucy M. Goodhart, Columbia University
lmg2005@columbia.edu
Paper Comparative Politics of Labor Market Deregulation in Italy and
Japan
This paper examines different labor market deregulation policies
in Italy and Japan based on political factors such as the labor
policymaking structure, the political power of labor unions, and the
partisanship of the government.
Hiroaki Richard Watanabe, University of Oxford
ricardohiro@yahoo.com
Paper Does Pension Reform Lead to Higher National Savings and
Economic Growth
This is an empirical study of the effect of pension reform on
national savings and economic growth. The theoretical model is
tested on a panel of 18 countries that have introduced some variant
of private accounts in their pension system.
Rayna L. Stoycheva, Georgia State University
rstoycheva1@gsu.edu
Paper Between Banks and Firms: The Role of the Korean State in
Economic Hard Times
Given the role financial regulation had played in corporate
restructuring in the past, the research on the recent institutional
changes in financial regulation would help us better understand the
outcome of corporate restructuring in South Korea.
Heon Joo Jung, University of Pennsylvania
hjjung@sas.upenn.edu
Paper Social Security Privatization as a Credible Commitment in
Emerging Markets
This paper considers the longer term consequences of social
security privatization in emerging markets and suggests that it
has influenced governments’ ability to more credibly commit to
neoliberal economic policies.
Heather R. Bergman, University of California, Los Angeles
hbergman@ucla.edu
Disc. Stephanie J. Rickard, Dublin City University
stephanie.rickard@dcu.ie
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