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Suggested citation: National Research Council (2000). The Urban Scholars Program: Report of A Planning Meeting. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Faith Mitchell, Editor. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
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Participants
Planning Meeting on the Urban Scholars Program
Ziona Austrian, Associate Director,
Economic Development Program and the Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center, Levin College of Urban Affairs Cleveland State University
James H. Carr, Senior Vice President,
Fannie Mae Foundation, Washington, DC
Kathryn Doherty,
U. S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
James O. Gibson, Senior Fellow,
Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC
Norman J. Glickman, Director,
Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University
Edward (Ned) W. Hill, Professor and Senior Research Scholar,
Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Keith Ihlanfeldt, Professor of Economics,
Georgia State University
Jane Karadbil,
Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
Gavin Kearney,
Director of Programs and Research,
Institute on Race and Poverty, University of Minnesota
David J. Maurrasse, Senior Program Advisor,
Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY
Victor Rubin, Director,
Office of University Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
Susan M. Wachter, Assistant Secretary,
Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
Harold Wolman, Director,
Policy Sciences Graduate Program, University of Maryland
Faith Mitchell, Division Director,
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Christine O’Brien, Program Supervisor,
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel
Tom Rozzell, Director of Fellowships,
Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel
Judy Willis, Fellowship Program Supervisor,
Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel
Margo Cullen, Administrative Associate,
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
COMMISSION ON BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
Neil J. Smelser (Chair),
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford
Robert H. Bates,
Department of Government, Harvard University
Alfred Blumstein,
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University
Jacquelynne Eccles,
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
Stephen E. Fienberg,
Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
Baruch Fischhoff,
Social and Decision Sciences Department, Carnegie Mellon University
John F. Geweke,
Department of Economics, University of Iowa
Christopher S. Jencks,
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Eleanor E. Maccoby,
Department of Psychology, Stanford University Cora B. Marrett, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Massachusetts
Barbara J. McNeil,
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Robert A. Moffitt,
Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
Richard J. Murnane,
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
T. Paul Schultz,
Department of Economics, Yale University
Kenneth A. Shepsle,
Department of Government, Harvard University
Richard M. Shiffrin,
Psychology Department, Indiana University
Burton H. Singer,
Office of Population Research, Princeton University
Catherine E. Snow,
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Marta Tienda,
Office of Population Research, Princeton University
David B. Tyack,
School of Education, Stanford University