NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

American Universities in a Global Market

October 2 – 4, 2008

Charles Clotfelter, Organizer

Woodstock Inn & Resort

Fourteen The Green

Woodstock, Vermont

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2:
6:00 pm		Reception and Group Dinner
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3:
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:15 am	Welcoming Remarks: CHARLES CLOTFELTER
8:30 am	JAMES ADAMS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER
	Is the U.S. Losing its Preeminence in Higher Education? (presentation)
	Discussant: CHARLES PHELPS, University of Rochester (presentation)
9:30 am	JOHN BOUND, University of Michigan and NBER
	SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia and NBER (presentation)
	Coming to America: Where Do International Doctorate Students Study and How Do U.S. Universities Respond?
	Discussant: MICHAEL TEITELBAUM, Sloan Foundation (presentation)
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	PAULA STEPHAN, Georgia State University and NBER (presentation)
	GRANT BLACK, Indiana University, South Bend
	The Economics of University Lab Science and the Role of Foreign Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
	Discussant: HAROLD SHAPIRO, Princeton University
12:00 n	Lunch
12:45 pm	HAIZHENG LI, Georgia Institute of Technology
	Higher Education in China - -Complement or Competition to U.S. Universities?
	Discussant: DEBRA STEWART, Council of Graduate Schools
1:45 pm	E. HAN KIM and MIN ZHU, University of Michigan (presentation)
	Universities as Firms: The Case of US Overseas Programs
	Discussant: PETER DOERINGER, Boston University (presentation)
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	DEVESH KAPUR, University of Pennsylvania (presentation)
	Indian Higher Education
	Discussant: ARVIND PANAGARIYA, Columbia University (presentation)
4:00 pm	Roundtable: The International Academic Labor Market
	Panelists: PAUL COURANT, RONALD EHRENBERG and CAROLINE HOXBY
5:00 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Reception and Group Dinner
SATURDAY, OCT. 4
7:45 am		Continental Breakfast
8:15 am		OFER MALAMUD, University of Chicago and NBER (presentation)
		The Structure of Higher Education in the US and Europe: Reflections
		on the Nature of the Bologna Reforms
		Discussant: MICHAEL ROTHSCHILD, Princeton University and NBER (presentation)
9:15 am		LEX BORGHANS and FRANK CÖRVERS, Maastricht University (presentation)
		Mobility and the Changing Structure of Research and Higher Education in Europe
		Discussant: HUGO SONNENSCHEIN, University of Chicago (presentation)
10:15 am		Break
10:30 am		SUNWOONG KIM, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (presentation)
		Brain Drain, Brain Gain and Brain Competition: Changing Employment Opportunities and Career Pattern of U.S.-trained Korean Ph.D.’s
		Discussant: ELIZABETH CASCIO, Dartmouth College and NBER (presentation)
11:30 am		RICHARD FREEMAN, Harvard University and NBER (presentation)
		What Does Global Expansion of Higher Education Mean for the U.S.?
		Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER (presentation)
12:30 pm		ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University and NBER (presentation)
		To Be or Not to Be: Major Choices in Budding Scientists
		Discussant: CAROLINE HOXBY, Stanford University and NBER (presentation)
1:30 pm		Adjourn and Buffet Lunch
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