Economics and Finance of Higher Education
Economics and Finance of Higher Education supports scholars studying college and university finances to deepen understanding of long-term sustainability and responses to short-term financial stress.
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Funder: National Bureau of Economic Research
Due Dates: February 17, 2027 (Papers and paper proposals) | October 15, 2027 (Conference)
Funding Amounts: Modest honorarium, conditional on a timely revised manuscript; conference attendance costs covered for two authors per paper
Summary: Supports research on higher education finances through a conference examining long-term sustainability and responses to financial stress.
Key Information: Papers must not be published by the conference date and may not make policy recommendations.
Description
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, invites research paper proposals and completed papers on the economics and financing of higher education. The project centers on a research conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, organized by John Y. Campbell, Kaye Husbands Fealing, and James Poterba. It examines differences across public and private institutions, including community colleges, regional public universities, and flagship universities.
The project emphasizes institutional revenue sources, expenditures, asset portfolios, evolving responsibilities, and changes in the size and financial capacity of the student population. Its goal is to generate insights into long-run financial sustainability and responses to short-run financial stress. Conference papers will be eligible for inclusion in an edited proceedings volume published by the University of Chicago Press.
