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ERIC Number: EJ931379
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Apr-14
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1557-5411
EISSN: N/A
Where Do We Go from Here?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, v28 n5 p13-16 Apr 2011
Despite a nascent economic recovery, education advocates, policymakers and other leaders continue to sound concerns over U.S. higher education's long-term viability and productivity. Foremost among current worries is the financial stability of colleges and universities, particularly now that federal stimulus support has dried up. Even while President Obama talks about boosting U.S. college completion rates to increase the nation's global competitiveness, private and public institutions continue to struggle economically. On March 18, "Diverse: Issues In Higher Education" convened an expert panel to answer the question "How Can Higher Education Solve its Financial Problems?" "Diverse" co-founder Frank Matthews and "Diverse" editor Toni Coleman moderated a nearly two-hour roundtable discussion among seven panelists held at the headquarters of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) in downtown Washington, D.C. While its theme centered on higher education's financial health, the wide-ranging conversation touched upon issues as varied as the institution accountability movement, federal involvement in higher education and the future of minority-serving institutions. Participants were Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education; Kevin Carey, policy director, Education Sector; Dr. Lorenzo Esters, vice president, Office for Access and the Advancement of Public Black Universities, APLU; Steve Graubart, managing director of finance, University of the District of Columbia; Dr. Marshall Grigsby, president, Grigsby and Associates, LLC; Cheryl Hitchcock, vice president of institutional advancement, Morgan State University; and Jane Wellman, executive director, Delta Project on Postsecondary Costs, Productivity and Accountability. This article presents the highlights from the discussion.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: District of Columbia; United States
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