Upcoming Events
Upcoming event information will be posted here as it is confirmed. Please check back regularly.
Past Events
2009
Gail Mellow, LaGuardia Community College President, Community Colleges as a Passion for the Possible
October 27, 2009 at 5:00 PM
• View Gail Mellow's PowerPoint presentation •
• View Gail Mellow's video presentation •
John Mogulescu, Augusta Kappner and Tom Bailey, Planning for City University's New Community College
October 15, 2009 at 8:30 AM
• View John Mogulescu's remarks •
Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson, Rethinking Student Aid
February 26, 2009
• View the Rethinking Student Aid report •
• View the Rethinking Student Aid presentation •
• Attendees •
2008
November 3, 2008
Sigal Alon, Higher Education in Israel
October 29-30, 2008
Crisis in Higher Education in Israel
October 21, 2008
William Durden, The Future of Liberal Arts Colleges
April 15, 2008
Roger Benjamin, The Case for Comparative Institutional Assessment of Higher Order Skills
April 1, 2008
James Minor, Contemporary Historically Black Colleges and Universities
March 12, 2008
William Zumeta, The Power of Policy Ideas: Are the California Community Colleges Really Affordable? If Not, What Can This Strapped State Do About It?
February 28, 2008
David Watson, Universities Behaving Badly: An International Perspective
2007
December 6, 2007
Mitchell Stevens, Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elite
Jonathan Jansen, What Does Equity Mean for Black University Students in South Africa?
November 14, 2007
Philip Furmanski, The Missions and Challenges of a Public Research University
October 30, 2007
Richard Kahlenberg, Can Unions Lead School Reform? Albert Shanker and His Legacy
March 7, 2007
Donald Heller, The Pennsylvania State University
• View Donald Heller's PowerPoint presentation •
February 7, 2007
Sandy Baum and Lucie Lapovsky, Tuition Discounting
• Read Tuition Discounting: Not Just a Private College Practice •
2006
November 30, 2006
Patrick Callan, President, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• View the National Center's website •
November 16, 2006
Estela Bensimon, Professor of Higher Education, University of Southern California
October 25, 2006
Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor, The City University of New York
• Click here to view a transcript of Chancellor Goldstein's remarks •
June 15 and 16, 2006
Lloyd Thacker, Director, The Education Conservancy
• View The Education Conservancy's website •
April 20, 2006
Jerome Karabel, The Origins of Affirmative Action at Elite Universities
2005
December 8, 2005
William Bowen, Extending Opportunity in Higher Education
November 4, 2005
Lani Guinier and Richard Kahlenberg, Race and Class in Higher Education
April 21, 2005
Charles Clotfelter, How Private Foundations Influence Universities
April 7, 2005
Steven Brint, The Disciplinary University
March 3, 2005
Douglas Massey, The Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education
February 17, 2005
Roger Geiger, Do Public Research Universities Have a Future
February 2, 2005
David Kirp and Catherine Stimpson, Higher Education in the Age of Money
2004
October 28, 2004
James Fallows, The College Admissions Race
October 21, 2004
Jason Owen-Smith, Opportunity and Danger