How the great recession affected higher education.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER Conference on "How the Great Recession Affected Higher Education," organized by NBER Research Associates Jeffrey Brown of the University of Illinois and Caroline Hoxby of Stanford University, took place in Cambridge on September 27 and 28, 2012. These papers were discussed:

* Caroline Hoxby, "Financial Rules for Universities Based on their Objectives and Constraints"

* Keith Brown, University of Texas, and Cristian Tiu, SUNY at Buffalo, "The Interaction of Spending Policies, Asset Allocation Strategies, and Investment Performance at University Endowment Funds"

* William Goetzmann, Yale University and NBER, and Sharon Oster, Yale University, "Competition among University Endowments" (NBER Working Paper No. 18173)

* Jeffrey Brown; Stephen G. Dimmock, Nanyang Technological University; and Scott Weisbenner, University of Illinois and NBER, "The Supply of and Demand for Charitable Donations to Higher Education" (NBER Working Paper No. 18389)

* David Chambers, University of Cambridge; Elroy Dimson, London Business School; and Justin Foo, University of Cambridge...