Financing Higher Education

John Y. Campbell and Kaye G. Husbands, Organizers

February 3, 2023

Royal Sonesta Hotel and Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, February 3
10:00 am
Welcome
John Y. Campbell, Harvard University and NBER
Kaye Husbands Fealing, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:10 am
Economic Budgeting for Universities
Jeremy C. Stein, Harvard University and NBER (slides)
10:55 am
Financing the Research University
Robert Brown, Boston University (slides)
11:30 am
Break
11:45 am
Future(s) of Higher Education: How universities can survive—and thrive—in a new era
Cole Clark, Deloitte (slides)
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
The Role of the Endowment in the Dynamic College and University Business Model
Tracy Filosa, Cambridge Associates (slides)
1:50 pm
Panel Discussion: Existing and Emerging Financial Challenges Facing Higher Education
Moderator: James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Nikki Edgecombe, Columbia University
Catharine Hill, Ithaka S+R
Freeman Hrabowski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Edward B. Montgomery, Western Michigan University and NBER
2:55 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Discussion of Potential Research Projects
4:00 pm
Adjourn