Saturday, November 8 -- 2008 ---Midwestern Higher Education Policy Summit in Minneapolis on November 17

Difficult Dialogues, Rewarding Solutions:
The Imperative to Expand Postsecondary Opportunity
While Controlling Costs

MHEC 4th Annual Policy Summit
November 17-18, 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Recommended Advanced Reading Materials

• “Hitting Home: Quality, Cost, and Access Challenges Confronting Higher Education Today” by Travis Reindl:

http://www.makingopportunityaffordable.org/wp-content/file_uploads/Hitting_Home_030107.pdf

• Lumina Foundation presentation of the college degree gap:

http://www.luminafoundation.org/#bhag

• State Higher Education Executive Officers state by state analysis of degree production to address the college degree gap:

http://www.mhec.org/pdfs/1mmoredegrees.pdf

• “The Iron Triangle: College Presidents Talk about Costs, Access, and Quality” by John Immerwahr, Jean Johnson, and Paul Gasbarra:

http://www.highereducation.org/reports/iron_triangle/IronTriangle.pdf

• “Good Policy, Good Practice: Improving Outcomes and Productivity in Higher Education: A Guide for Policymakers” by Patrick Callan, Peter Ewell, Joni Finney, and Dennis Jones:

http://www.makingopportunityaffordable.org/wp-content/file_uploads/good-policy_good-practice.pdf

• “Higher education’s new business models: How colleges and universities are changing the ways they work” by James C. Hearn, professor of higher education, Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, IHE Report, Autumn, 2008:

http://www.uga.edu/ihe/pdfs/ihereport08.pdf

• “The $375-Billion Question: Why Does College Cost So Much?” by Goldie Blumenstyk, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 3, 2008:

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i06/06a00101.htm

• “Analysis: New Strains Put Pressure on Traditional College-Pricing Model” by Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 31, 2008:

http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/10/6350n.htm

• “Booming States Lure Academics From Those With Financial Woes” by Eric Kelderman, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 31, 2008:

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i10/10a02301.htm

• Letter from the National Governors Association to Secretary Margaret Spellings about waiving the HEA “Maintenance of Effort” provision given strained state budgets:

http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.cb6e7818b34088d18a278110501010a0/?vgnextoid=9dd82370cee4d110VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD

• The College Board’s Trends in College Pricing 2008:

http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/trends-in-college-pricing-2008.pdf

• “Editorial: Toward a new vision for the industrialized Midwest,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 12, 2008:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/32433229.html

• “College Too Pricey? Don't Blame Faculty Pay” by Robin Wilson, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 7, 2008:

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i11/11a00101.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en