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Wednesday, November 2

7:30 a.m.		Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.		Welcome and Opening Remarks Welcoming Remarks Michael H. Moskow, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
8:15 a.m.		Project Overview Stirring the Pot for Today Questions from a Provocateur (PDF,625KB) Wick Sloane, Visiting Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
8:30 a.m.		Setting the Stage—Issues Facing Higher Education Higher Education at a Crossroad (PDF,20KB) Michael S. McPherson, President, Spencer Foundation
9:00 a.m.		Public Higher Education: Hard Choices for a Bright Future Public Higher Education: Hard Choices for a Bright Future (PDF,28KB) B. Joseph White, President, University of Illinois
9:20 a.m.		Break
9:35 a.m.		Financial Issues Moderator Richard H. Mattoon, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago A (Not So) Simple Primer on the Economics of Higher Education (PDF,59KB) Paul N. Courant, Professor of Public Policy and former Provost, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor An Alternate View (PDF,42KB) Richard K. Vedder, Professor, Ohio University, Senior Fellow, The Independent Institute, and Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
11:30 a.m.		Competition from the Market—The Role of For-Profit Colleges and Universities Robert S. Silberman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Strayer Education
12:00 p.m.		Lunch The Great Lakes Region and the Knowledge Economy A Roadmap to the Future (PDF,180KB) James J. Duderstadt, President Emeritus, University of Michigan
1:45 p.m.		Higher Education Leaders' Issues Panel Moderator Barbara Allen, Director, Committee on Institutional Cooperation Lou Anna K. Simon, President, Michgan State University Paul N. Courant, Professor of Public Policy and former Provost, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Kenneth Gros Louis, Chancellor, Indiana University–Bloomington Richard P. Saller, Provost, University of Chicago
3:00 p.m.		Break
3:15 p.m.		Politics, Economic Development, and Higher Education: The North Dakota Reform Effort Moderator Higher Education at a Crossroad (PDF,853KB) Larry Isaak, President, Midwestern Higher Education Compact Ray Holmberg, State Senator and Chair, Higher Education Roundtable Joseph Chapman, President, North Dakota State University Roger Rierson, President, Flint Communications and Member, Higher Education Roundtable Eddie Dunn, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning, North Dakota University System Updated 11/15/2005

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