Monday, March 02, 2009

Upcoming lecture of interest (right after class!)

While putting together next week's campus events digest, I came across this lecture up in Social Sciences. Anyone up for a brown-bag?

THE EFFECTS OF HOME COMPUTERS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES

WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, March 12, 12:15 p.m., 8417 Sewell Social Sciences

DETAILS: Robert Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz, will discuss his research on the digital divide, welfare reform and the U.S. educational system, featuring evidence from a field experiment with low-income community college students.

RELATED LINK: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu

CONTACT: 608-262-3038, shelton@lafollette.wisc.edu

1 comment:

  1. This sounds really interesting -- I can't go, but if someone from class attends, can you post some notes and/or volunteer to describe your reaction in class next week?

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