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

[Please fill in Mt Washington Location]

PROGRAM

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13:

7:00 PM Welcome Dinner, [Please fill in location]

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14:

[TIME]	SUSAN DYNARSKI, J.F. Kennedy School of Government and NBER

"The Shift to Public Merit Aid and Its Effects"

DISCUSSANT: Charles Clotfelter, Duke University

[TIME]	SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia and NBER

"Going to College and Finishing College: Explaining Different Educational Outcomes"

DISCUSSANT: Christopher Taber, Northwestern University

[TIME]	CHRISTOPHER AVERY, J.F. Kennedy School of Government and NBER	and CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER

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

DISCUSSANT: Michael Rothschild, Princeton University

[TIME]	BRIDGET LONG, Harvard University Graduate School of Education

"The Impact of the Federal Tax Credits for Higher Education Expenses"

DISCUSSANT: Michael McPherson, Macalester College

[TIME]	JENNIFER MA, TIAA-CREF Institute

"Education Savings Incentives and Household Saving for College"

DISCUSSANT: TBA

[TIME]	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