August 10, 2006

Future of Higher Education

Commission members talked about methods of improving education beyond high school and a draft report to the Department of Education on the… read more

Commission members talked about methods of improving education beyond high school and a draft report to the Department of Education on the quality of higher education. Among the issues they addressed were specific findings in a report on higher education, recommendations for future actions by the department, steps to be taken before issuing a final report. Other issues included access to higher education, costs of public and private programs, student loan programs, and workforce development. Several members participated via telephone. close

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Nicholas Donofrio Executive Vice President IBM->Innovation and Technology
James J. Duderstadt Director University of Michigan->Millennium Project

Jonathan Grayer President and CEO Kaplan, Inc.
James Hunt Chair Hunt Institute for Educational Policy
Arturo Madrid Professor Trinity Washington University->Humanities
Robert W. Mendenhall President and CEO Western Governors' University
Charles Miller Chairman Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Charlene R. Nunley President Montgomery College (Maryland)
Cheryl A. Oldham Executive Director Department of Education->Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Catherine B. Reynolds President Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation
Louis W. Sullivan M.D. President Emeritus Morehouse School of Medicine
Sara Martinez Tucker President and CEO Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Richard K. Vedder Distinguished Professor Ohio University->Economics
Charles M. Vest President Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Ward President American Council on Education
Robert Zemskey Professor University of Pennsylvania->Education and Social Science

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Department of Education | Commission on the Future of Higher Education

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Program ID:: 193799-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Meeting
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Aug 10, 2006 | 5:42pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Aug 13, 2006 | 3:20am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Aug 10, 2006 | 5:42pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 10, 2006 | 8:57pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Aug 11, 2006 | 1:03am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Aug 11, 2006 | 10:28am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Aug 12, 2006 | 3:24am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 13, 2006 | 3:20am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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