Quoted: ?A promise can plant a seed ? just knowing somebody believes in you,? said Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?We know from psychology that stuff that happens earlier matters later. Why would this be any different?? And there does seem to have been an effect on the next generation, said Barbara Bainum, a daughter of Mr. Bainum, who funded Ms. Warren?s class.