Event description and registration info

Posted by: Nicholas O'Brien on September 29, 2011

Leadership Symposium on College Cost, Price and Financial Aid

Oct. 29, 2011, Bates College, Pettengill Hall

• Press release: “Higher ed leaders to discuss cost — and value — of top-quality higher education”
• See the symposium schedule

Keynote Address
Robert Archibald and David Feldman, authors of the recent leading text Why Does College Cost So Much?

Update on National Trends in Student Financial Aid
Sandy Baum, professor emerita of economics at Skidmore College and adviser to the College Board

Panel Discussion
A discussion featuring Archibald, Feldman and Baum together with two leaders in college admission, Jane Bode Brown ’69, vice president for enrollment management at Northeastern University; and James S. Miller, dean of admission at Brown University.

Registration is limited to the first 200 participants
Register by Oct. 25 online or contact Jessie Govindasamy in the Office of the President at jgovinda@bates.edu
 or 207-786-6102.

The symposium is offered without cost as a public service from Bates College for higher education leaders in New England.