Friday, July 15, 2005

2:00-2:15pm
Welcome, Introductions, and Logistics
Charles Becker and Rhonda Sharpe, Duke University
William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University

2:15-2:30pm
The Pipeline Project- A Description
William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University and Pipeline Project Director

2:45 – 3:45pm
Plagiarism in Economics: A Problem Needing Attention!?”
Gary Hoover, University of Alabama

4:00 – 5:00pm
College Persistence Among African American Students: Is there still a Case for HBCUs?
Valerie Wilson, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill

5:00 – 5:30pm
The Problem of the 21st Century: Economics Faculty and the Color Line"
Gregory Price, Director, Mississippi Urban Research Center

Saturday, July 16, 2005

8:00-8:45am
Choosing and Thriving in Graduate School
Rodney Andrews, University of Michigan
Terry-Ann Craigie, Michigan State University

9:00-10:00am
Is More Mobility Good?: Firm Mobility and the Low Wage-Low Productivity Gap
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont

10:15-11:15am
The Impact of Texas’ 10 Percent Rule on the Educational Expectations of High School Graduates
Rodney Andrews, University of Michigan

11:30- 12:30pm
Publishing in Economics
Raphael Allen, Acquisitions Editor, University of Michigan Press

12:45-1:40pm
Navigating the Economics Job Market and the Early Years of a Tenure Track Position
Vicki Bogan, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Salvador Martinez, Assistant Professor, Weber State University
Gbenga O. Ajilore, Assistant Professor, University of Toledo

1:45- 2:30pm
Non-academic Careers in Economics
Yolanda Kodrzycki, Federal Reserve
Irma Perez-Johnson, Mathematica Policy Research
Margaret Simms, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Marcellus Andrews, The New America Foundation

2:45-3:45pm
Alternative Diversity Measures and the Implications for Public Policy Research
Gbenga O. Ajilore, University of Toledo

4:00-5:00pm
A Study of the Impact of Human Capital Accumulation on African-American Business Survival
Vincent E. Mangum, Jackson State University

5:00-5:30pm
Closing remarks
Evaluation and Feedback