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Higher Education Working Group
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May 2,
2008 |
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Charles
Clotfelter, Organizer |
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NBER |
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PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY, MAY 1: |
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6:30 pm |
Group Dinner |
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Dante at the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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FRIDAY MAY 2: |
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8:00 am |
Shuttle Vans Depart from the
Hotel Marlowe for the NBER |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle Vans Depart from the Hotel
Marlowe for the NBER |
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8:15 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:45 am |
KALENA
CORTES, |
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ISAAC
MCFARLIN, University of Texas-Dallas |
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College Quality and the |
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9:45 am |
AMANDA
PALLAIS, MIT |
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Why Not Apply? The Effect of
Application Costs on College Applications for Low-Income Students (paper not available to
download) |
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10:45
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Break |
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11:00 am |
BASIT ZAFAR, Northwestern University |
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12:00 n |
SCOTT
CARRELL, UC, Davis |
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JAMES
WEST, |
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Does Professor
Quality Matter? Evidence from Random Assignment of Students to Professors |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
JASON
FLETCHER, |
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MARTA
TIENDA, |
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High School Peer
Networks and College Success: Lessons
from Texas |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm |
STEPHEN
DESJARDINS and BRIAN MCCALL, |
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The Impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program
on the College |
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Enrollment,
Borrowing and Work Behavior of Low-Income Minority Students |
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3:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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4/23/08 |
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