NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Higher Education Conference:
College Decisions, How Students Actually Make Them and How They Could
Caroline Hoxby, Organizer
August 13 - 15, 2002
The Mount Washington Hotel & Resort
Route 302
Bretton Woods, NH
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13:
7:00 PM Welcome Reception and Dinner, Sun Dining Room
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14:
7:00 - 9:00 AM Breakfast - Main Dining Room
9:00 AM SUSAN DYNARSKI, Harvard University and NBER
DISCUSSANT: CHARLES CLOTFELTER, Duke University and NBER
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia and NBER
Going to College and Finishing College: Explaining Different Educational Outcomes
DISCUSSANT: CHRISTOPHER TABER,
Northwestern University and NBER
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM CHRISTOPHER AVERY and CAROLINE HOXBY,
Harvard University and NBER
Do and Should Financial Aid Packages Affect Students' College Choices?
DISCUSSANT: MICHAEL ROTHSCHILD, Princeton University
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM BRIDGET LONG, Harvard University
The Impact of the Federal Tax Credits for Higher Education Expenses
DISCUSSANT: MICHAEL MCPHERSON, Macalester College
2:30 PM JENNIFER MA, TIAA-CREF Institute
Education Savings Incentives and Household Saving:
Evidence from the 2000 TIAA-CREF Survey of Participant Fiances
DISCUSSANT: HARVEY ROSEN, Princeton University and NBER
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM MICHAEL RIZZO, Cornell University and
RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER
Resident and Nonresident Tuition and Enrollment at Flagship State Universities
DISCUSSANTS: MICHELLE WHITE, UC, San Diego
4:45 PM Adjourn
7:00 PM Reception and Dinner - Sun Dining Room
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15:
7:00 - 9:00 AM Breakfast - Main Dining Room
9:00 AM THOMAS KANE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
Student Perceptions of College Opportunities
DISCUSSANT: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM GORDON WINSTON, Williams College
and DAVID ZIMMERMAN, Williams College
Peer Effects in Higher Education
DISCUSSANT: THOMAS DEE, Swarthmore College and NBER
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University
How Financial Aid Affects Persistence in College
DISCUSSANT: JON GURYAN, University of Chicago and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn
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