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Since launching our grantmaking activities in 2014, we have awarded over $26.4 million in support of our research priorities: access, affordability, and the value of legal education.
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Brown University
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2018
Amount:
$50,000
Status:
Awarded
A $50,000 research grant was awarded to Kevin Escudero, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, to examine post-college educational trajectories of undocumented students.
University of Houston
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2018
Amount:
$46,722
Status:
Awarded
A $46,722 research grant was awarded to Frank Fernandez, Assistant Professor with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, to examine gender and race intersectionality in public law school admissions and enrollment.
The Pennsylvania State University
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2018
Amount:
$25,000
Status:
Awarded
A $25,000 dissertation grant was awarded to Ya-Chi Hung, Graduate Assistant, to examine what shapes students’ graduate degree aspirations.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2018
Amount:
$49,816
Status:
Awarded
A $49,816 research grant was awarded to Ryan Wells, Associate Professor with the Department of Educational Policy, Research and Administration, to explore how the lack of affordability and positive aspirations for further education may play a role in disproportionate access to graduate and professional education.
New York University
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2018
Amount:
$49,973
Status:
Awarded
A $49,973 research grant was awarded to Liang Zhang, Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology, to evaluate the overall impact of the Post-9/11 GI Bill on graduate and professional school attendance among veterans, as well as its potentially heterogeneous impact across veteran groups of different age, gender, race/ethnicity, and disability rating.
Dillard University
Program:
Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program
Date:
October 2017
Amount:
$125,000
Status:
Awarded
This grant supports the Legal Education Advancing Diversity (LEAD) program which offers students and graduates from underrepresented background the opportunity to participate in year-long program. The program provides these students with LSAT preparation, strategies for creating a competitive law school application, support throughout the application process, and a mentorship program.
University of Cincinnati
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2017
Amount:
$50,000
Status:
Awarded
A $50,000 research grant was awarded to Amy Farley, Assistant Professor of Education Policy in Educational Leadership, to study and better understand the various factors, student characteristics, and programmatic interventions that contribute to positive outcomes for law students.
Seton Hall University
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2017
Amount:
$32,322
Status:
Awarded
A $32,322 research grant was awarded to Robert Kelchen, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, to examine whether professional programs raised tuition prices at higher rates following the 2006 creation of the Grad PLUS program and the 2007 expansion of income-driven repayment programs.
University of Northern Colorado
Program:
Research and Dissertation Fellows Program
Date:
March 2017
Amount:
$49,423
Status:
Awarded
A $49,423 research grant was awarded to Amy Li, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, to examine the relationship between law school costs and attendance rates.