RALEIGH – Space is still available for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy’s annual conference to be held Saturday at the Hilton Hotel in the Research Triangle Park.
Author and economist Richard Vedder is the keynote speaker for this year’s event, titled “Higher Education in America: Do Students and Taxpayers Get Their Money’s Worth.”
Space is still available for those interested in attending. To resgister for the conference, contact Executive Director George Leef at georgeleef@popecenter.org. You may also register online.
“The cost of higher education continue to rise faster than the rate of inflation, but many observer think that quality delivered is going down just as fast,” Leef said. “This conference is designed to explore the important question of how much students and taxpayers are getting for all the money they pour into the quest for college degrees.”
Last year, Vedder’s book Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much examined the rising costs of going to college, how only a fraction of those costs goes toward instruction, and how many colleges are failing to educate their students. Vedder’s speech, entitled “The High Cost and Low Productivity of Our Colleges and Universities” will focus heavily on his research in the book.
Besides Vedder other guests and presenters include UNC-Wilmington professor Mike Adams, Indiana University professor Murray Sperber, Melana Zyla Vickers, and Gary Brasor among others.
Registration will begin Saturday at 8 a.m., with the first session beginning at 8:30 a.m. A luncheon will be held at noon.