TO:	Authors, Higher Education Meeting

FROM:	Rob Shannon; Assistant Director, Conferences

DATE:	March 10, 2004

RE:	Logistical Information

On behalf of Charles Clotfelter, I would like to formally invite you to participate in the NBER's meeting on Higher Education. The meetings will be held on Friday, April 30, 2004, at the NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. There will be a group dinner at 6:30 pm on Thursday, April 29 at Davio's Restaurant at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA. .The preliminary program can be found at http://www.nber.org/~confer/2004/hieds04/program.html.

AUTHORS: PAPERS ARE DUE AT THE NBER BY APRIL 7. Please send a copy of your paper to my attention at the NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. You can also send it electronically to confer@nber.org in either Word, WordPerfect or .pdf formats. Please note whether or not you would like your paper posted on the NBER's Conference Department homepage.

The NBER will reimburse the travel and lodging expenses for one author per paper in accordance with our travel regulations which can be found at (http://www.nber.org/~confer/2000/travelreg.html). Hotel reservations will be made as requested at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA 617/806-
4200. The NBER will pay the room and tax charges for one night. If you wish to stay additional nights the rate is $169.00 single or double room plus 12.45% tax per night.

The Bureau will reimburse only APEX or super saver, advance purchase air fares. Under no circumstances will first, business or full coach class fares be reimbursed. Please note that discounted fares must be booked at least 21 days in advance and we hope you book your travel as soon as possible since the most deeply discounted seats are few and sell out early.

Please reply via email through the Conference Department's new web reply form at

<<replyurl>>. Please reply no later than Monday, March 29.

The NBER's Conference Department homepage can be found at www.nber.org/~confer. Papers for the meetings can be found here as they become available to the NBER.

If you have any questions or need additional information please feel free to contact me at 617/868-3900, fax 617/864-1825, or e-mail at confer@nber.org.