Public Affairs Lecture Series "From Public Good to Personal Gain: Shifting Higher Education Funding"
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:00pm
Student financial aid and public support for higher education was founded on the idea that education benefits all of society. Recent changes in policy and cuts in higher education funding call into question whether those traditional philosophies still hold true. As state and federal deficits climb, unrelenting focus on deficit reduction has made for budget-centric education policy—a focus that has driven more change in higher education funding in the past six years than in the previous 60. Justin Draeger, president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators will discuss how decreased financial support for higher education adversely affects student access, success and persistence in higher education, and how nontransparent cuts to funding have effectively removed the public from the debate entirely.
Location:
Firstenburg Student Commons
Cost:
Contact for more information:
Michelle McIlvoy at mmcilvoy@vancouver.wsu.edu or 360-546-9530
Sponsored by:
Office of Student Involvement
About WSU Vancouver:
WSU Vancouver is a premier, non-residential research university that offers 18 bachelor’s degrees, nine master’s degrees, two doctorate degrees and more than 37 fields of study.