
Nora Gordon
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Tober is a medical anthropologist whose research focuses on gender and sexuality, the commodification of the body, science and technology studies, bioethics, social justice, and policy. With funding from the National Science Foundation, she has been conducting research on egg donation in the United States and Spain, with a focus on egg donors' experiences in different regulatory/market settings. She has conducted field research in Iran, Spain, and the United States.
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Describes the institutional System of federal grants administration, and how it administers and enforces fiscal rules. Offers policy recommendations for improving efficacy.
Describes how district decisions around spending Title I are influences by perceptions of federal compliance requirements, and how those perceptions accord with the law itself.
Presents an overview of the historical and current federal role in elementary and secondary education policy.
Analyzes the impact of introduction of Title I on spending and high school graduation rates in Southern school districts.
Analyzes how magnitude of Title I grants impacted the timing of voluntary school desegregation in the South.
Examines impact of state school finance reforms on levels and distribution of non-education state aid to local governments.