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College, Cost and the Commonwealth: A Presidential Roundtable at W&M #prezpanel

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter visited William & Mary July 13, 2012 and led a discussion with presidents and other high-ranking educational officers from area college and universities on affordability and accountability in higher ed.

  1. Publicity for the event began early in the week, ramping up to Friday's panel.
  2. Come to campus Fri and join Reveley, US Sec @arneduncan & others to discuss #highered affordability: bit.ly/LCGo17 Follow #prezpanel.
  3. See Reveley's Op-Ed in @rtdnews? How colleges benefit from public/private cooperation: bit.ly/MiiVhV Great lead in to #prezpanel Fri.
  4. The presidential roundtable on higher ed affordability is tomorrow. Check out the Facebook event page here: ow.ly/cbP9z #prezpanel
  5. #W&M #prezpanel Fri @ 1:30p: ArneDuncan, MarthaKanter W&M Pres, Regent U Pres, TNCC Pres, #Virginia CCS Chanclr, VSU Pres, ODU Provst. #HRVA
  6. W&M President Taylor Reveley started the panel with some opening remarks.
  7. Reveley: Higher ed under scrutiny to see if it is effectively delivering the goods. That's good. That's fair.
  8. Effective higher education is both a public good and a private good - Pres. Reveley @williamandmary #prezpanel
  9. Those of us in higher education must do a much, much better job of reducing costs. - pres. Reveley @williamandmary #prezpanel
  10. Then the floor was opened to Secretary Duncan and Undersecretary Kanter to discuss the day's topics with college presidents from around the Commonwealth.
  11. #ArneDuncan Sd Reveley laid out the challenges. 1 gen ago we led world in college rates; now 16th #highered #prezpanel
  12. "We are not just fighting for education, we are fighting for our country." - @arneduncan #prezpanel #highered
  13. What is it going to take to educate the top 100% of students? -@USMarthaKanter #prezpanel
  14. #Sydow (Bland): Bring the private sector in. Students today have to work full or part time to make ends meet. Sd #highered doesn't understd
  15. How to afford college is "the real dinnertime conversation around America," says @arneduncan at #prezpanel. States must invest

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