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Awards, Honors, Fellowships: John and Lydia Pearce Mitchell University Fellow in
Undergraduate Education Stanford University October 2014 In October 2014, Professor Caroline Hoxby
was named The John and Lydia Pearce Mitchell University Fellow in
Undergraduate Education. The fellowship is part of Stanford University’s Bass
University Fellows in Undergraduate Education Program, which recognizes
faculty for extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education. Becoming
a Bass University Fellow is Stanford’s highest teaching honor. The Smithsonian Institution Ingenuity Award Smithsonian Institution 2013 Professor Caroline Hoxby
received The Smithsonian Institution's Ingenuity Award for her work as a
Principal Investigator of the Expanding College Opportunities project, a
randomized controlled trial that had dramatic effects on low-income, high
achievers' college-going education choices. Her research in this area began
with a demonstration that low-income high achievers usually fail to apply to
any selective college. Stanford Economics Department Award, Teacher of the Year Stanford University 2013 The faculty of the Department of Economics presents this
award (which is based on nominations and commendations from students) to the
instructor whose teaching and advising is deemed to be the most stellar.
Caroline Hoxby received the recognition in equal
part for her undergraduate and graduate teaching. Young Global Leader World Economic Forum 2008 Young Global Leaders are exceptional young leaders
selected by the World Economic Forum for their boldness, bravery, action
orientation, entrepreneurship and for their commitment to make the world a
better place. Thomas B. Fordham Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in
Education Thomas B. Fordham Foundation 2006 In 2006, Professor Hoxby earned
the Thomas B. Fordham Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in Education. The
prize is awarded to a scholar who has made major contributions to education
reform via research, analysis, and successful engagement in the war of ideas.
An independent seven-member prize committee comprised of education scholars,
journalists, and two Foundation trustees selected Professor Hoxby for the award. Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Excellence in Teaching Harvard University’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter 2006 Professor Hoxby received this
award for teaching excellence (which is decided by the members of Harvard
University's Phi Beta Kappa chapter) in 2006. Each year, the award is given
to three members of the Harvard Faculty. Global Leader of Tomorrow World Economic Forum 2003 Global Leaders of Tomorrow are selected by the World
Economic Forum because they represent the new generation of leaders who have
demonstrated a commitment to addressing issues beyond their immediate
professional interest. They are global decision-makers already holding
positions of considerable influence and responsibility. Carnegie Scholar Carnegie Corporation of New York 2000 By being named a Carnegie Scholar, Professor Hoxby was recognized as a "Scholar of Vision"
whose work addresses vital issues within the scope of Education,
International Development, Democracy, and International Peace and Security. Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Economics Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 1999 By receiving an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, Professor Hoxby was singled out as an early-career scholar of
“outstanding promise”. This award is given to only a few economists each
year. Fellow, MacArthur Foundation, Inequality and Social
Interactions Network MacArthur Foundation 1996 From 1996-2004, Caroline Hoxby
was a MacArthur Foundation fellow – dynamic thinkers who are selected by the
MacArthur Foundation because of their promise to solve complex challenges
collaboratively. John M. Olin Junior Faculty Fellowship in Economics John M. Olin Foundation 1998 Professor Hoxby was a recipient
of The Olin Fellowship in 1998, a fellowship awarded annually to a young
economist whose work promoted understanding of American economic
institutions. Bunting Institute Fellow Bunting Institute 1996 In 1996, Professor Hoxby was
selected as a Bunting Institute Fellow. Bunting Fellows are awarded to
scholars conducting innovative, advanced research who benefit for a year in
the open and rich intellectual atmosphere of the Bunting Institute (now the
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study). National Tax Association Award, Best Dissertation in
Public Economics National Tax Association 1994 Professor Caroline Hoxby was
selected by a panel of experts from the National Tax Association on the basis
of her work's originality, clarity of exposition, and significance for
government finance. Only one new Ph.D. receives this award each year. Ford Foundation Fellowship Ford Foundation 1993 Spencer Foundation Fellowship for Research Related to
Education Spencer Foundation 1993 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship National Science Foundation 1990 Best M.Phil. Thesis in Economics University of Oxford 1990 Rhodes Scholarship The Rhodes Trust, Oxford 1988 Each year 32 young Americans are selected as Rhodes
Scholars, chosen not only for their outstanding scholarly achievements, but
for their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for
their potential for leadership. Best Thesis in Economics, Hoopes
Prize, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University 1988 |
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