Panel 1: The Changing Political Landscape of Higher Education

  • Event
  • January 29, 2009

Moderator:

Anne D. Neal
President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Panelists:

Abigail Thernstrom
Vice-Chair, U.S. Commision of Civil Rights and Fellow at the Manhattan Institute

Greg Lukianoff
President, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Terry Hartle
Senior Vice President for Government & Public Affairs, American Council on Education

Diane Auer Jones
President, Washington Campus, Formerly Assistant Secretary of the Division of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education

Anne D. Neal

President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Abigail Thernstrom

Vice-Chair, U.S. Commision of Civil Rights and Fellow at the Manhattan Institute

Greg Lukianoff

President, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Terry Hartle

Senior Vice President for Government & Public Affairs, American Council on Education

Diane Auer Jones

President, Washington Campus,
Formerly Assistant Secretary of the Division of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education

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