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, J.F. Kennedy School of Government and NBER

The Shift to Public Merit Aid and Its Effects

DISCUSSANT: CHARLES CLOTFELTER, Duke University and NBER

10:00 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

11:00 AM	Break

12:15 PM	CHRISTOPHER AVERY and CAROLINE HOXBY,

Harvard University and NBER

Do and Should Financial Aid Packages Affect Students' College Choices?

DISCUSSANT: MICHAEL ROTHSCHILD, Princeton University

1:15 PM	Lunch

Higher Education

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2:15 PM	BRIDGET LONG, Harvard University

The Impact of the Federal Tax Credits for Higher Education Expenses

DISCUSSANT: MICHAEL MCPHERSON, Macalester College

3:15 PM	JENNIFER MA, TIAA-CREF Institute

Education Savings Incentives and Household Saving for College

DISCUSSANT: TBA

4:15 PM	Break

4:30 PM	MICHAEL RIZZO, Cornell University and

RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER

Causes and Consequences of Differences in In-State and Out-of-State Tuition at Public Institutions of Higher Education

DISCUSSANTS: Michele White, University of California–San Diego

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

[TIME]	THOMAS KANE, University of California-Los Angeles and NBER and

"The Effects of Expectations About College: The Boston COACH Program and Beyond"

DISCUSSANT: Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth

[TIME]	GORDON WINSTON, Williams College

and DAVID ZIMMERMAN, Williams College

"The Importance of Peers in College"

DISCUSSANT: Thomas Dee, Swarthmore College

[TIME]	CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER

"Secondary School Preparation, Remediation, and College Completion: How the Poorly Prepared High School Graduate Makes His Way through College"

DISCUSSANT: Doug Staiger, Dartmouth

[TIME]	ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University

"How Financial Aid Affects Persistence in College"

DISCUSSANT: Jon Guryan, University of Chicago GSB

[TIME]	Adjourn