College Productivity

Is postsecondary education in a crisis? What trends, for better or worse, are reshaping postsecondary education? What will postsecondary education look like ten years from now? How can we prepare for these changes? What lessons can be distilled from other industries that can help policymakers think more creatively?

These and other questions were tackled by a group of forty industry leaders, including many from postsecondary education, gathering for Thinking Big in a Crisis, a one-day meeting on June 22, 2009 in Washington D.C. Below you will find audio files from the meeting, both pre-event interviews with participants and the presentations given by panelists.

Included are:

• Carol Coletta, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities
• Eric Fingerhut, Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents
• Bill Graves, Senior Vice President, SunGard Higher Education
• Joanne Lynn, MD, Bureau Chief, Cancer and Chronic Disease, Washington, DC, Department of Health
• George Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change, American Association of Colleges and Universities
• Paul LeBlanc, President, University of Southern New Hampshire
• Alan Mutter, Lecturer, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
• Larry Isaak, President, Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)
• Nate Johnson, Planning & Analysis Executive Director, Florida Board of Governors
• Eduardo Padron, President, Miami Dade College

Pre-Event Interviews

Event Presentations