New Mexico Family Impact Seminar #5
New Mexico Dropout Rate: Contributing Factors and Implications for Policy
December 3, 2009
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Featured Speakers
Luis Vázquez, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, New Mexico State University
Dropping Out of Education in the Land of Enchantment: The Complexity of New Mexico
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Ronald J. Werner-Wilson, Chair of Family Studies at the School of Human Ecology, University of Kentucky
Families Matter: the Impact of Families on Academic Achievement
Florence Neymotin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University
The Economic Impact of the Dropout: Now and Then
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