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Advancing America's Economic Competitiveness: The Role of Student Loans
November 16, 2005
10:00 am - 03:30pm
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Cosponsored by the American Enterprise Institute and the Project on Student Debt.
Agenda
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Registration |
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| 10:00 |
Welcome: |
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Kevin A. Hassett, AEI |
| 10:15 |
Panel I: Investing in Human Capital—Are College Students Borrowing too Much, or Not Enough? |
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Sandy Baum, The College Board |
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Alicia C. Dowd, New England
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Tamara Draut, Demos |
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Allan Carlson, Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society |
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Moderator: |
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Robert Shireman, Project on Student Debt |
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Manageable Student Debt: Developing Benchmarks (Powerpoint presentation by Sandy Baum and Saul Schwarz) |
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How Much Debt is Too Much? Developing Benchmarks for Manageable Student Debt (Report by Sandy Baum and Saul Schwarz) |
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The Effects of Loans on College Enrollment Decisions (Alicia Dowd) |
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Income and Financial Aid Effects on Persistence and Degree Attainment in Public Colleges (Alicia Dowd) |
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"Anti-Dowry?": The Effects of Student Loan Debt on Marriage and Child-Bearing (Report by Allan Carlson) |
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Putting Student Loan Debt in Context: The Economic Landscape Facing Today's Young Adults (Powerpoint presentation, Tamara Draut) |
| 11:45 |
Luncheon |
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| 12:10 p.m. |
Panel II: Can the Federal Investment in Student Loans Accomplish More? |
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Douglas J. Elliott, Center on Federal Financial Institutions |
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Sarah Ducich, Sallie Mae |
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Robert Shireman, The Institute for College Access and Success |
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Moderator: |
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Kevin A. Hassett, AEI |
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Budget Cost of Student Loans (Powerpoint presentation, Douglas J. Elliott) |
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Student Loans: A Budget Primer (Report, COFFI) |
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Student Loans: Modeling Federal Costs (Report, COFFI) |
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Break |
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Panel III: Are There Solutions to Be Found on the Tax Side of the Ledger? |
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Thomas J. Kane, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
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Susan Dynarski, Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
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Respondent: |
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Tom Wolanin, Institute for Higher Education Policy |
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Moderator: |
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Frederick M. Hess, AEI |
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Materials: |
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Tax Incentives for Education (Powerpoint presentation, Susan Dynarski) |
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An Income Contingent Student Loan Tax Credit (Thomas Kane) |
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Forward-Looking Means-Testing with a Student Loan Tax Credit (Powerpoint presentation, Thomas Kane) |
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Closing Remarks |
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| 3:30 |
Adjournment |
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