College Choices: the Economics of Where to Go, When to Go, and How to Pay for It.

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College Choices: The Economics of Where to Go, When to Go, and How to Pay for It, edited by Caroline M. Hoxby, will be available for $65.00 from the University of Chicago Press this summer. In this volume, Hoxby and a distinguished group of economists show how students and their families really make college decisions--how they respond to financial aid options, how peer relationships figure in the decision making process, and even whether they need mentoring to get through the admissions process. Students of all sorts are considered--from poor students who may struggle with applications and even...