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State-Funded "Eminent Scholars" Programs: University Faculty Recruitment as an Emerging Policy Instrument
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 84, Number 5, September/October 2013
- pp. 601-639
- 10.1353/jhe.2013.0028
- Article
- Additional Information
Over the past two decades, state governments have increasingly invested in programs to recruit accomplished scientists from elsewhere to university positions. This event history analysis suggests that an intriguing mix of comparative state disadvantage and leveragable existing research resources is associated with the likelihood of states adopting such programs.