Someone Come To the Rescue Of College, Please
How Do We Gear Up Higher Ed For Tomorrow?
Can the next U.S. president make public universities more affordable–and can the federal government do anything to support crucial research that takes place in these institutions?
Yes, said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, and Carnegie Corporation President Vartan Gregorian, in a panel co-presented by UCLA at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
David Leonhardt, Washington Bureau Chief of The New York Times and the program’s moderator, opened the conversation by citing Kanye West’s album The College Dropout–which suggests that dropping out of college might be …
