Last Call for ICPSR Research Paper Competition Entries
The deadline for the ICPSR Research Paper Competition for undergraduate and graduate students is Thursday, January 31. For prizes, forms, and details, see http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
Two weeks left for submissions to ICPSR Research Paper Competition
Students: Have you just completed a research paper?Faculty: Have you just read an outstanding research paper? Why not submit it to The ICPSR Research Paper Competition <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/prize/ index.html>?
ICPSR invites submissions for our 2013 Research Paper Competition from undergraduates and master’s students at member institutions. The deadline for submissions is January 31!The purpose of the competitions is to highlight exemplary research papers based on quantitative analysis. We are holding three contests this year:
1. The ICPSR Research Paper Competition, for analyses on any topic using data from the ICPSR General Archive<http://www.icpsr.
2. The IFSS Research Paper Competition, for analyses on any topic using data from the Integrated Fertility Survey Series<http://www.icpsr.umich.3. The RCMD Research Paper Competition, for analyses on issues relating to minorities in the United States, including immigrants, using data from the Resource Center for Minority Data. <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/RCMD/>
All competitions are open to students currently pursuing or who recently received undergraduate or master’s degrees.*The awards are $1,000 for first place and $750 for second place in each category.*
More information and entry form are found here:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
3 in 4 Americans Feel College is Too Expensive
In a recent survey, the Pew Research Center presented the American public with this statement: "College costs in general are such that most people can afford to pay for a college education." Overwhelmingly, respondents disagreed with the statement. 75% did not agree, and only 22% felt that college costs are affordable. Despite this response, the rapidly rising cost of college tuition has not swayed parents' feelings on the importance of a college education. 94% of parents want their children to go to college, even though 57% of Americans feel that colleges fail to offer students a valuable education that is on par with the high costs. Only 5% of the public feel that college is of "excellent" value to students. Much more respondents fell in the middle-ground, with 77% saying that college was of "only fair" to "good" value. Additionally, though, it seems that college graduates are happy with their decision to enroll. 86% of graduates believe their investment in tuition was beneficial, and American Community Survey data supports this belief. In 2009, the median income for college graduates was $46,931, whereas the median income for those with only a high school diploma was $27,381.
Research paper competition winners announced
ICPSR is pleased to announce the winners of our 2012 Research Paper Competitions.
Quentin Karpilow of Kenyon College won the Undergraduate Competition with his paper "Racial and Ethnic Threats in Pretrial Release Processing." The paper used State Court Processing Statistics, 1990-2006, County Characteristics (2000-2007), 1998 and 2000 Uniform Crime Reports, and the 1999 National Jail Census to examine pretrial release outcomes for adult defendants charged with drug felonies according to their racial or ethnic backgrounds and various community and incarceration settings. Karpilow was a 2011 ICPSR Summer Intern and has earned a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics. This paper was selected as the second-place winner of the 2012 North Central Sociological Association Student Paper Competition for Undergraduates.
Zornitsa Kalibatseva of Michigan State University won the Master's Competition with her paper "A Symptom Profile Analysis of Depression in a Nationally Representative Sample of Asian Americans." The study uses the National Comorbidity Survey to examine the differences in symptoms of depression between Asian Americans and European Americans.
The first-place award in the Resource Center for Minority Data Paper Competition was won by Amanda Mireles of Princeton University for her paper "Cultural Capital Investments: Concerted Cultivation and the Academic Achievement of Hispanic Kindergarten Students." Mireles analyzed data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to measure academic achievement of Hispanic students. She earned a B.A. with High Honors in Sociology, received Certificates of Proficiency in African American Studies and Latino Studies, and is the recipient of the 2011 Isidore Brown Thesis Award for this paper.
Second-place in the RMCD competition went to Danae Ross of Wayne State University for her paper "Black Feminism and Hip Hop: A Cross-Generational Disconnect." The paper used the 1993 National Black Politics Study to investigate the impact of a strong feminist perspective on the likelihood of listening to rap music among black women. Ross is a McNair Scholar, has earned a B.A. with High Honors in English and Sociology, and has been accepted in the Ph.D. program in African Diaspora Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. This paper was selected as the third-place winner for the 2012 North Central Sociological Association Student Paper Competition for Undergraduates.
The first-place winners received $1,000; the second-place prize is $750. All the papers used data from the ICPSR or RCMD archive.
ICPSR is holding three competitions this year:
Quentin Karpilow of Kenyon College won the Undergraduate Competition with his paper "Racial and Ethnic Threats in Pretrial Release Processing." The paper used State Court Processing Statistics, 1990-2006, County Characteristics (2000-2007), 1998 and 2000 Uniform Crime Reports, and the 1999 National Jail Census to examine pretrial release outcomes for adult defendants charged with drug felonies according to their racial or ethnic backgrounds and various community and incarceration settings. Karpilow was a 2011 ICPSR Summer Intern and has earned a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics. This paper was selected as the second-place winner of the 2012 North Central Sociological Association Student Paper Competition for Undergraduates.
Zornitsa Kalibatseva of Michigan State University won the Master's Competition with her paper "A Symptom Profile Analysis of Depression in a Nationally Representative Sample of Asian Americans." The study uses the National Comorbidity Survey to examine the differences in symptoms of depression between Asian Americans and European Americans.
The first-place award in the Resource Center for Minority Data Paper Competition was won by Amanda Mireles of Princeton University for her paper "Cultural Capital Investments: Concerted Cultivation and the Academic Achievement of Hispanic Kindergarten Students." Mireles analyzed data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to measure academic achievement of Hispanic students. She earned a B.A. with High Honors in Sociology, received Certificates of Proficiency in African American Studies and Latino Studies, and is the recipient of the 2011 Isidore Brown Thesis Award for this paper.
Second-place in the RMCD competition went to Danae Ross of Wayne State University for her paper "Black Feminism and Hip Hop: A Cross-Generational Disconnect." The paper used the 1993 National Black Politics Study to investigate the impact of a strong feminist perspective on the likelihood of listening to rap music among black women. Ross is a McNair Scholar, has earned a B.A. with High Honors in English and Sociology, and has been accepted in the Ph.D. program in African Diaspora Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. This paper was selected as the third-place winner for the 2012 North Central Sociological Association Student Paper Competition for Undergraduates.
The first-place winners received $1,000; the second-place prize is $750. All the papers used data from the ICPSR or RCMD archive.
ICPSR is holding three competitions this year:
- The ICPSR Research Paper Competition, for analyses on any topic using data from the ICPSR General Archive or Thematic Collections.
- The IFSS Research Paper Competition, for analyses on any topic using data from the Integrated Fertility Survey Series.
- The RCMD Research Paper Competition, for analyses on issues relating to minorities in the United States, including immigrants, using data from the Resource Center for Minority Data.
