Upcoming Events

TBA.

2011

Martha J. Kanter, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Keynote Address: President Obama's 2020 Goals for Higher Education
November 7, 2011

Sigal Alon, Senior Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
The Diversity Dividends of a Need-Blind and Color-Blind Affirmative Action Policy
October 18, 2011

Carmen Mentecinos, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
Nelson Vasquez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
Leadership and Student Activism in Chilean Higher Education
October 6, 2011

Richard Kalhenberg, The Century Foundation
Daniel Golden, Bloomberg News
Jeffrey B. Brenzel, Yale University
Admission Preferences for Children of Alumni: Who Benefits? Who Loses?
April 28, 2011

Renato H. L. Pedrosa, University of Campinas (Unicamp)
The Transformation of Higher Education in Brazil: The Good and The Not-So-Good
April 27, 2011

Robert Teranishi, Associate Professor of Higher Education, New York University
Walter Allen, Director, CHOICES Project: Access, Equity, and Diversity in Higher Education
Kiran Ahuja, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Pedro Noguera, Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
Asians in the Ivory Tower: America's Equity Agenda and the Blurring of the Color Line in Higher Education
April 6, 2011  

Christine Musselin, Director of the Center for the Sociology of Organizations, Research in Higher Education
The Evolution of European Universities: The State, The Universities, The Professoriate
April 5, 2011 

Jürgen Enders, Director, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)
International University Rankings and the Race for World-Class Status
February 3, 2011

2010

Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor of the State University of New York
Educational Leadership in Tough Economic Times
November 11, 2010

Jyoti Atwal, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Gender and Affirmative Action in Higher Education in India
April 28, 2010

Sigal Alon, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Tel Aviv University
Class-based Affirmative Action by Creaming - A Contradiction?
April 13, 2010  

Richard Richardson, Professor of Higher Education, New York University
Policy and Performance in American Higher Education
March 25, 2010 

Richard Arum, Professor of Sociology and Education, New York University
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
March 4, 2010.

2009

Pawan Agarwal, Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
The Future of Indian Higher Education
December 16, 2009

Gail Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College
Community Colleges as a Passion for the Possible
October 27, 2009

John Mogulescu, University Dean for Academic Affairs, City University of New York
Planning for City University's New Community College
October 15, 2009

Sandy Baum, Senior Analyst, The College Board
Michael McPherson, President, The Spencer Foundation
Rethinking Student Aid
February 26, 2009

2008

Sigal Alon, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Tel Aviv University
Higher Education in Israel
November 3, 2008

Crisis in Higher Education in Israel Conference
Crisis in Higher Education in Israel
October 29-30, 2008

William Durden, President, Dickinson College
The Future of Liberal Arts Colleges
October 21, 2008

Roger Benjamin, President, The Council for Aid to Education
The Case for Comparative Institutional Assessment of Higher Order Skills
April 15, 2008

James Minor, Professor of Higher Education, Michigan State University
Contemporary Historically Black Colleges and Universities
April 1, 2008

William Zumeta, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Washington
The Power of Policy Ideas: Are the California Community Colleges Really Affordable? If Not, What Can This Strapped State Do About It?
March 12, 2008

David Watson, Professor of Higher Education Management, University of London
Universities Behaving Badly: An International Perspective
February 28, 2008

2007

Mitchell Stevens, Professor of Educational Sociology, New York University
Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elite
December 6, 2007

Jonathan Jansen, Past Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria
What Does Equity Mean for Black University Students in South Africa?
November 20, 2007

Philip Furmanski, Executive Vice President of Student Affairs, Rutgers University
The Missions and Challenges of a Public Research University
November 14, 2007

Richard Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
Can Unions Lead School Reform? Albert Shanker and His Legacy
October 30, 2007

Donald Heller, Associate Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University
The Changing Dynamics of Student Financing Policy
March 7, 2007

Sandy Baum, Senior Analyst, The College Board
Lucie Lapovsky, Former President, Mercy College
Tuition Discounting: Not Just a Private College Practice
February 7, 2007

2006

Patrick Callan, President, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Access and Success in Higher Education: Can Public Policy Make a Difference?
November 30, 2006

Estela Bensimon, Professor of Higher Education, University of Southern California
Minority Student Success and Accountability in Higher Education
November 16, 2006

Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor, The City University of New York
Public Higher Education in the 21st Century: The CUNY Story
October 25, 2006

Lloyd Thacker, Director, The Education Conservancy
College Admissions in the Public Interest
June 15 and 16, 2006

Jerome Karabel, Professor of Sociology, The University of California, Berkeley 
The Origins of Affirmative Action at Elite Universities
April 20, 2006

2005

William Bowen, President, The Andrew Mellon Foundation
Extending Opportunity in Higher Education
December 8, 2005

Lani Guinier, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Richard Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
Race and Class in Higher Education
November 4, 2005

Charles Clotfelter, Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke University
How Private Foundations Influence Universities
April 21, 2005

Steven Brint, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
The Disciplinary University
April 7, 2005

Douglas Massey, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
The Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education
March 3, 2005

Roger Geiger, Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Do Public Research Universities Have a Future
February 17, 2005 

David Kirp, Professor of Public Policy, The University of California, Berkeley
Catharine Stimpson, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University
Higher Education in the Age of Money
February 2, 2005

2004

James Fallows, National Correspondant, The Atlantic Monthly
Christopher Avery, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
Bruce Poch, Vice President and Dean of Admissions, Pomona College
The College Admissions Race
October 28, 2004

Jason Owen-Smith, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
Opportunity and Danger: Basic Commercial Science on Campus
October 21, 2004