UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski joined President Barack Obama, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and a select group of higher education leaders at the White House today for a discussion on college affordability and productivity.
The engagement of college leaders in a frank policy discussion today took President Obama’s college-completion push to a new level. You can read the White House announcement here.
And here’s what the news media is saying:
“President Gathers College Leaders to Discuss Access and Affordability,” The New York Times
“Obama meets with star presidents to talk reform,” The Washington Post
“Hrabowski and Kirwan meet with Obama to discuss price tag for college,” The Baltimore Sun
“Obama Meets With College Leaders as Occupy Protesters Target Student Debt,” Bloomberg
“At White House Meeting on Affordability, a Call for Urgency, Innovation, and Leadership,” The Chronicle of Higher Education
“At the White House Roundtable,” Inside Higher Ed
