President's Colloquy
Tuesday, November 19
Current Economic Conditions and Higher Education
The Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts (CILA) is pleased to announce the first "President's Colloquy on Higher Education" for the academic year 2008-2009. As President Anderson describes this series, "it is intended to be an occasional series of conversations about issues facing higher education in America and their impact on St. Olaf." He hosts one faculty lunch conversation each semester, and will also invite occasional speakers to campus to address important issues in higher education.
In this colloquy, David will lead a discussion on actual and potential consequences of the current financial crisis for higher education and St. Olaf College. Background readings for the colloquy are found below. These include copies of statements on the financial crisis by college presidents to their respective communities, a report from Moody's, the bond rating service, and a reflection on the impact of previous recessions on higher education by David W. Breneman (a former college president, and current professor of the economics of education at the University of Virginia).
