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Vassar Scholarship

Private school choice and the returns to private schooling

Publication Date
1996-June-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Smith, John Z., Jr.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper analyzes the magnitude of earnings differentials and differences in the rates of return to education for individuals who attended private and public high schools in the U.S. from 1976 to 1983, controlling for self-selection into school sector, as...

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Vassar Scholarship

Problems with Analyzing Nero's Debasement

Publication Date
2012-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Williams, Zachary T.
Department or Program
Greek and Roman Studies Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

I examined Nero's debasement in the literary sources; the possible reasons for it, the consequences of it, and other details of it. Following, I examined the techniques that have been used over the last 150 years in attempts to discern...

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Vassar College Early Images

Prof. S.F.B. Morse: Vassar College trustee, 1861-1872

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Date
not before 1871
Abstract

Head and shoulders oval picture of Samuel F.B. Morse as an elderly man with mustache and beard. He is wearing a white shirt and dark suit.

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Vassar College Early Images

Proposed statue of Matthew Vassar

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Date
19-?
Abstract

Picture of full-length statue of Matthew Vassar standing with his right hand outstretched and his left hand resting on a model of Vassar College Main Building. The model is on a pedestal decorated with a globe, telescope and book in an emblem.

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