2013 College Rankings and Higher Education's New Caste System
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
New America Foundation
1899 L St. NW Suite 400
Washington DC, 20036
In Collaboration with the Washington Monthly
On September 4, 2013, at the New America Foundation's
Washington D.C. offices, details of the 2013 Washington Monthly College
Rankings will be unveiled and discussed by an assembled panel of experts. The
rankings, released annually since 2005, provide an alternative to traditional
college scoring systems, which often end up capturing the 'prestige' of
colleges, rather than their ability to improve social mobility, promote public
service, and generate high quality research.
The theme of the 2013 College Rankings, and the discussion
that will take place at New America, is "Higher Education's New Caste System".
For the better part of a century, higher education has operated under a compact
with its citizens. Taxpayers would fund the basic research that sustains
economic growth, and in return tuition at public institutions would remain low
enough that middle- and lower-class students can afford degrees.
Our assembled experts will debate how that compact appears to
be breaking down in front of our eyes. With plummeting state support and
skyrocketing tuition, our flagship public universities are increasingly
becoming, like elite private colleges, strongholds of the wealthy (including
rich foreign students). Meanwhile, lower-income and minority students seem to
increasingly being channeled to lower-prestige "open access" colleges where
spending per pupil and graduation rates are roughly half as high. Instead of
being an engine of equal opportunity, higher education therefore seems to
increasingly be a driver of inequality.
Please join the Washington Monthly and the New America
Foundation for a panel discussion of the 2013 College Rankings, and higher
education's new caste system. This event is free and open to the public, though
RSVPs are requested.
Agenda
Opening Remarks
Jamie P. Merisotis
President and CEO, Lumina Foundation
Panel
Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Journalist and Spencer Education Journalism Fellow, Columbia
University
Kevin Carey
Director, Education Policy Program, New America Foundation
Diana Natalicio
President, University of Texas at El Paso
Moderator
Paul Glastris
Editor in Chief, Washington Monthly
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For questions, contact Stephanie Gunter at New America at
(202) 596-3367 or [email protected].
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