Economics Professor Larry Singell has been named Associate Dean of Social Sciences for CAS.
Singell has been at the UO since 1988 and was most recently department chair for the Department of Economics. He is a recent recipient of one of five UO Research Innovation Awards presented to CAS faculty in 2008.
Singell's research focuses on the role that education plays in labor-market outcomes. Most recently, he has studied the effects of financial aid programs, such as the Pell grant, on access, retention, graduation and institution choice within higher education -- with special emphasis on the factors that influence students' decisions to attend college, and those that help them be successful.
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