We extend our most sincere thanks to all who participated in the New England Board of Higher Education's conference, Higher Education in a Troubled Economy: How New England’s Colleges and Universities Can Survive the Downturn and Prepare to Thrive, held on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
We also thank the sponsors for our conference:
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You can download PowerPoint presentations and other materials exhibited at the conference below.
Higher Education in a Troubled Economy
How New England’s Colleges and Universities Can Survive the Downturn and Prepare to Thrive
Friday, December 5, 2008
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Opening Keynote Address: Credit Crisis, Recession and
Higher Education
- Roger D. Goodman, Vice President and Team Manager, Higher Education and Not-For-Profit Ratings Team, Moody’s Investors Service
Click here to download Roger Goodman's PowerPoint presentation, Credit Crisis, Recession and Higher Education.
Click here to visit the website of Moody's Investor Services.
Session 1: Assessing the Damage and Forecasting for the Future
- Brett Hammond, Chief Investment Strategist and Managing Director, TIAA-CREF
- Sue Menditto, Director of Accounting Policy, National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
- Gary S. Sasse, Director, Rhode Island Department of Revenue
- Brian Sigritz, Staff Associate, National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO)
- Panel Facilitator: Katharine Bradbury, Senior Economist and Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Click here to download Brett Hammond's PowerPoint presentation, Weatherting Volatile Times.
Click here to download Sue Menditto's PowerPoint presentation, Assessing the Damage and Forecasting for the Future.
Click here to download Brian Sigritz' PowerPoint presentation, State Fiscal Outlook.
Click here to download Katherine Bradbury's PowerPoint presentation, New England Economic Conditions and Outlook.
Click here to visit the website of TIAA-CREF.
Click here to visit the website of the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
Click here to visit the website of the Rhode Island Department of Revenue.
Click here to visit the website of the National Association of State Budget Officers.
Click here to visit the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Session 2: Washington Update
- Philip R. Day Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
Click here to visit the website of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Session 3: Challenges for the 111th Congress
- Congressman John F. Tierney (D-Mass.)
Session 4: From a Gathering Storm to the Perfect Storm
- James E. Glassman, Managing Director and Senior Economist, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Click here to download Jim Glassman's PowerPoint presentation, When Fear Rules.
Click here to visit the website of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Session 5: Student Loans and Capital Markets
- Richard J. Doherty, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts (AICUM)
- Thomas M. Graf, Executive Director, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA)
- Terry W. Hartle, Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, American Council on Education (ACE)
- Panel Facilitator: Mark Kantrowitz, Publisher, Finaid.org
Click here to download Thomas Graf's PowerPoint presentation, Student Loans and Capital Markets.
Click here to visit the website of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts.
Click here to visit the website of the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority.
Click here to visit the website of the American Council on Education.
Click here to visit the website of Finaid.org.
Concurrent Session A: Sharpening Strategy, Improving Performance and Leveraging Change
- Kathleen Dawley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Maguire Associates Inc.
- Christian McCarthy, Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance, Assumption College
- Persis C. Rickes, President, Rickes Associates Inc.
- Panel Facilitator: Peter J. Stokes, Executive Vice President and Chief Research Officer, Eduventures Inc.
Click here to download Peter Stokes' PowerPoint presentation, Sharpening Strategy, Improving Performance and Leveraging Change.
Click here to visit the website of Maguire Associates Inc.
Click here to visit the website of Assumption College.
Click here to visit the website of Rickes Associates Inc.
Click here to visit the website of Eduventures Inc.
Concurrent Session B: Dual Enrollment: A Partnership in Pursuit of College Readiness
- Dick Cannon, Vice President of Finance and Administration, University of New Hampshire
- James C. Markel, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium
- Claire A. Ramsbottom, Executive Director, Colleges of the Fenway Inc.
- Panel Facilitator: Richard L. Pattenaude, Chancellor, University of Maine System
Click here to download Dick Cannon's PowerPoint presentation, Cost Saving, Collaboration and Managerial Efficiency.
Click here to download James Markel's PowerPoint presentation, Leveraging the Power of Collaboration for the Institutions of Higher Education in New England.
Click here to visit the website of the University of New Hampshire.
Click here to visit the website of the Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium.
Click here to visit the website of the Colleges of the Fenway.
Click here to visit the website of the University of Maine System.
