MAY 1, 2002

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Dear ,«SALUT1»:

On behalf of the National Bureau of Economic Research, I would like to invite you to participate in a conference on higher education entitled "College Decisions: How Students Actually Make Them and How They Could." The conference will produce a volume that analyzes current developments in higher education and sets a standard for evidence that will be helpful to the policy-making community. It will be held at [fill in Mt. Washington location]. The conference will begin with a reception and dinner on Tuesday, August 13, 2002. It will end with a lunch on Thursday, August 15, 2002.

The authors include Ronald Ehrenberg, Caroline Hoxby, Thomas Kane, Gordon Winston, Sarah Turner, Susan Dynarski, Christopher Avery, David Zimmerman, Bridget Long, Michael Rizzo, Eric Bettinger, and Jennifer Ma. We have also assembled a great group of discussants for the papers: Charles Clotfelter, Michael Rothschild, Michael McPherson, Christopher Taber, Michele White, Douglas Staiger, Bruce Sacerdote, Jonathan Guryan, and Thomas Dee.

If you have any general questions about the conference, please contact the organizer: Caroline Hoxby (choxby@harvard.edu or 617-496-3588). You should direct practical questions (travel, reservations, etc.) to Amy Tretheway (atreth@nber.org). The NBER will cover your hotel expenses and meals during the conference (please see the attached travel regulations). We enclose a preliminary program, travel regulations, directions, and a brochure on the Mt. Washington Resort and Hotel.

Best regards,

Caroline Hoxby