1. More than 50/50: Understanding Gender Equity in Bachelor's Degree Attainment • Della Cox, University of Chicago.

2. Building Bridges: Chinese Immigrant Scientists and the Resumption of Sino-American Political and Educational Relations • Qing Liu, University of Wiscosin-Madison.

3. From the Atlanta Compromise to the School Cheating Scandal: Atlanta's Management of a Precarious Place Reputation through Public Education Policy • Ciel Quebedeaux, University of New Orleans; Jeffrey Parker, University of New Orleans.

4. Constructing Kids as Public Goods: Ambiguous Policies in the Indirect Welfare State • Valerie Taing, University of California, Davis.