[ONLINE] – What Do Colleges Do for Their Communities — and the Country?
- Virtual
- 1PM – 2:30PM EDT
The American public’s growing doubts about the value of a college degree will not abate until policymakers embrace a new definition of higher education excellence—one that measures what colleges do for the country instead of for themselves. Crucially, that includes a college‘s contributions to the economic and civic life of its local community, as legendary journalists James and Deborah Fallows argue in the latest issue of the Washington Monthly.
Please join ¹ú²úÊÓƵ and the Washington Monthly on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. EST for a discussion of the themes discussed in the .Ìý
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Introduction:
Vice President for Education Policy, ¹ú²úÊÓƵÂ
Opening Remarks:
Vice President for Public Policy, Lumina Foundation
Featured Speakers:
President, Bunker Hill Community CollegeÂ
Our Towns Foundation
Our Towns Foundation
Student, University of North Texas at Denton
Moderator:
Editor in Chief, Washington Monthly