NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH



Higher Education Meeting



November 13, 2003



Charles Clotfelter , Organizer



Education Program Meeting



November 14, 2003



Caroline Hoxby, Organizer



NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, HIGHER EDUCATION MEETING:

10:30 AM CHRISTOPHER M. CORNWELL, KYUNG HEE LEE, and DAVID B. MUSTARD

University of Georgia

The Effects of Merit-Based Financial Aid on Course Enrollment,

Withdrawal and Completion in College

Discussant: SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia and NBER



11:30 AM ALBERT SUMELL and PAULA STEPHAN, Georgia State University

JAMES ADAMS, University of Florida and NBER

Capturing Knowledge:

The Location Decision of New PhDs Working in Industry

Discussant: JOHN DE FIGUEIREDO, MIT and NBER



12:30 PM Lunch



1:15 PM THOMAS KANE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

Evaluating the Impact of the DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program



Discussant: ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University and NBER



2:15 PM CATHARINE HILL and GORDON WINSTON, Williams College

Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective

Private Colleges and Universities

Discussant: RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER



3:15 PM Break



3:30 PM TODD STINEBRICKNER, University of Western Ontario

RALPH STINEBRICKNER, Berea College

Credit Constraints and College Attrition



Discussant: CHRISTOPHER AVERY, Harvard University and NBER



4:30 PM BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER

How Friendships Form

(Joint with DAVID MARMAROS, Google.com)

Discussant: DAVID ZIMMERMAN, Williams College and NBER

5:30 PM Adjourn



6:30 PM Reception and Group Dinner

Davio's at the Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA



FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING:



8:30 AM Continental Breakfast



9:00 AM EDWARD MIGUEL, UC, Berkeley and NBER

MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER

REBECCA THORNTON, Harvard University

Incentives to Learn



10:00 AM RICHARD MURNANE, Harvard University and NBER

CLAUDIA URIBE and JOHN WILLETT, Harvard University

Why do Students Learn More in Some Classrooms Than in Others?

Evidence from Bogota



11:00 AM Break



11:15 AM WEILI DING, University of Michigan

STEVE LEHRER, University of Pennsylvania

Estimating Dynamic Treatment Effects from Project STAR



12:15 PM Lunch



1:15 PM PATRICK BAYER, Yale University

FERNANDO FERREIRA, UC, Berkeley

ROBERT MCMILLAN, University of Toronto

A Unified Framework for Measuring Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods



2:15 PM CHARLIE CLOTFELTER HELEN LADD, and JACOB VIGDOR

Racial Segregation in Modern-Day Public Schools



3:15 PM DAVID FIGLIO, University of Florida and NBER

Names, Expectations and Black Children's Achievement



4:15 PM Adjourn



11/10/03