
	Thursday, April 4
	Luncheon, Charles A Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel
	Welcome
2:09 pm	Session 1: Tuition and the Demographic Challenge Chair: Kaye Husbands Fealing, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:10 pm	How Much Can Families Afford to Pay for College? Peter Hinrichs, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Discussant: Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER
	Break
3:30 pm	The Ebbing Tide: How Will Higher Education Adapt to Demographic Change? Jacob L. Vigdor, University of Washington and NBER Discussant: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado Boulder
	Break
4:44 pm	Session 2: Endowment, Debt, and Financial Management Chair: James Poterba, MIT and NBER
4:45 pm	Endowment Spending Rules (slides) Christopher Avery, Harvard University and NBER Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Cornell University and NBER Catharine Hill, Ithaka S+R Douglas A. Webber, Federal Reserve Board Discussant: Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
5:45 pm	Panel Discussion: Financial Management Challenges in Higher Education Robert Brown, Boston University Benjamin Hermalin, University of California Lisa Lynch, Brandeis University and NBER
	Adjourn and Dinner
	Friday, April 5
	Breakfast
8:44 am	Session 2: Endowment, Debt, and Financial Management (continued) Chair: James Poterba, MIT and NBER
8:45 am	Economic Budgeting for Endowment-Dependent Universities John Y. Campbell, Harvard University and NBER Jeremy C. Stein, Harvard University and NBER Alex A. Wu, Harvard University Discussant: Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
9:45 am	The Role of Debt in Financing Higher Education Matteo Binfarè, University of Missouri Kyle Zimmerschied, University of Missouri Discussant: Daniel Bergstresser, Brandeis University
	Break
11:14 am	Session 3: Financing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair: John Campbell, Harvard University and NBER
11:15 am	Financing Community Colleges: Current Landscape and Future Directions Nikki Edgecombe, Columbia University Elise Swanson, Harvard University Thomas Brock, Columbia University Maria Cormier, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University Christopher Avery, Harvard University and NBER Carmen Huynh, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University Discussant: Isaac McFarlin Jr., and NBER
	Lunch
1:15 pm	Distance to Opportunity: Higher Education Deserts and College Enrollment Choices Riley K. Acton, Miami University Kalena Cortes, Texas A&M University and NBER Camila Morales, University of Texas at Dallas Discussant: Zachary Bleemer, Princeton University and NBER
2:15 pm	Resetting Tuition at Minority Serving Institutions: Implications for Enrollment and Institutional Finances James Ward, Ithaka S+R Daniel Corral, University of Toronto Catharine Hill, Ithaka S+R Discussant: Bridget T. Long, Harvard University and NBER
	Closing Discussion
	Adjourn

Participants

Riley K. Acton, Miami University
Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado Boulder
Mary Nguye. Barry, Gates Foundation
Daniel Bergstresser, Brandeis University
Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
Matteo Binfarè, University of Missouri
Zachary Bleemer, Princeton University and NBER
Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
John Y. Campbell, Harvard University and NBER
Michela Carlana, Harvard University and NBER
Aimee Chin, University of Houston and NBER
Sarah Cohodes, University of Michigan and NBER
Daniel Corral, University of Toronto
Kalena Cortes, Texas A&M University and NBER
Jeffrey T. Denning, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Michael Dinerstein, University of Chicago and NBER
Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER
Alex Eble, Columbia University and NBER
Nicole Edgecombe, Columbia University
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Cornell University and NBER
Lorelle Espinosa, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Adam Falk, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Tracy Filosa, Cambridge Associates
Chao Fu, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Joseph J. Gerakos, Dartmouth College
Joshua Goodman, Boston University and NBER
Daniel Goroff, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Kevin F. Hallock, University of Richmond and NBER
Benjamin Hermalin, University of California
Catharine Hill, Ithaka S+R
Peter Hinrichs, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Kaye G. Husbands, Georgia Institute of Technology

Scott A. Imberman, Michigan State University and NBER
Nicole Jenkins, University of Virginia
Paul Joskow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Robert J. Kelchen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Steven F. Lehrer, Queen's University and NBER
Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER
Bridget T. Long, Harvard University and NBER
Catherine Mata, Brown University
Egor V. Matveyev, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Isaac McFarlin Jr., and NBER
Jonathan Meer, Texas A&M University and NBER
Barry Mills
Jeffrey A. Miron, Harvard University and NBER
Robert A. Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Camila Morales, University of Texas at Dallas
Richard Murnane, Harvard University and NBER
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Juan Saavedra, Harvard University and NBER
Andrew A. Samwick, Dartmouth College and NBER
Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER
Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College and NBER
Kevin M. Stange, University of Michigan and NBER
Jeremy C. Stein, Harvard University and NBER
Elise Swanson, Harvard University
David Thesmar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jacob L. Vigdor, University of Washington and NBER
Jialan Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
James Ward, Ithaka S+R
Constantine Yannelis, University of Chicago and NBER
Kyle Zimmerschied, University of Missouri