A Hamilton Project Policy Forum
Monday October 21, 2013, 1:00 - 4:30 pm
The National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20045
On October 21st The Hamilton Project at Brookings will host a forum focusing on the evolving role of higher education in American society and release three new policy proposals by outside experts on how changes in student lending and financial-aid policies can help improve college outcomes. Thought leaders in higher education from around the country will join the discussion, including Vassar College President Catharine Bond Hill; University of Texas Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa; LaGuardia Community College President Gail Mellow; University of North Carolina President Thomas Ross; Wesleyan University President Michael Roth; and Brookings’ Brown Center on Education Policy Director Grover “Russ” Whitehurst.
Two roundtable discussions will focus on the new policy proposals addressing ways to strengthen the Pell Grant program to meet the needs of a modern economy, reform the federal student loan repayment system, and expand the availability of information on the “net” vs. “sticker” price of attending college. The final panel, moderated by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, will address key questions currently facing policymakers: How should education policymakers and administrators weigh economic considerations, like the employment opportunities and incomes of graduates, relative to other goals of a liberal arts education? Given the growing diversity of higher-education students and the institutions they attend—ranging from select liberal arts colleges to state university systems to vocationally-oriented community colleges—how can federal policy accommodate the varying goals of these institutions and their students? Following each panel, the participants will take audience questions.
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AGENDA
Welcome and Introductions: Roger C. Altman, Founder and Executive Chairman, Evercore
Roundtable: Restructuring Our Approach to Financial Aid :
- Author: Sandy Baum, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute; Research Professor, The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development
- Author: Phillip Levine, Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics, Wellesley College
- Author: Judith Scott-Clayton, Assistant Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Discussant: Catharine Bond Hill, President, Vassar College
- Discussant: Gail Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College
- Facilitator: Melissa Kearney, Director, The Hamilton Project
- Roundtable: Making Borrowing Work for Today’s Students Through Income-Contingent Repayment
- Author: Susan Dynarski, Professor of Education, Public Policy and Economics, University of Michigan
- Discussant: Catharine Bond Hill, President, Vassar College
- Discussant: Greg Kaplan, Assistant Professor of Economics, Princeton University
- Discussant: Grover “Russ” Whitehurst, Director, Brown Center on Education Policy, The Brookings Institution
- Facilitator: Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roundtable: The Role of Higher Education in American Society
- Discussant: Francisco G. Cigarroa, Chancellor, The University of Texas System
- Discussant: Thomas Ross, President, The University of North Carolina
- Discussant: Michael S. Roth, President, Wesleyan University
- Facilitator: Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
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