Making Public Colleges Tuition Free: A Workshop for State Leaders

When:

May 10, 2017

6:30 p.m. - Dinner

May 11, 2017

8:00 a.m. - Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - Workshop Begins

12:30 p.m. -  Lunch

3:30 p.m. - Workshop Adjourns

 

Where:

Warwick Denver Hotel

1776 Grant Street

Denver, CO 80203

Phone: 303-861-2000

 

Questions:

Contact Brian Newman at [email protected] or by phone at 202-491-5254

 

The Campaign for Free College Tuition (CFCT) invites you to a workshop for state leaders on making public colleges tuition free. The event will be held at the Warwick Denver Hotel in Denver, Colorado on May 10 and 11, 2017.

The Workshop will feature remarks by former Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer, California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, and Kim Hunter Reed, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education.  Representatives from Education Commission of the States, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Governors Association, and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), as well as senior officials from Governors’ offices and/or state agencies in Oregon, Rhode Island and Tennessee will also be presenting.

Agenda topics will include:

  • The New Economic Reality: Why States Need to Assure Higher Education Degree/Certificate Attainment;
  • What’s in Your Promise: Promise Policy Options and Implementation Considerations;
  • Building Political Support for Promise Programs featuring CFCT’s exclusive polling;
  • Funding and Sustaining Promise Programs; and
  • Putting It All Together: A Three Step Process for Designing a State Promise program.

If permissible by state law, the Campaign for Free College Tuition, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization established in the State of Washington, will take care of the following expenses to facilitate your attendance:

  • Round-trip airfare to/from Denver;
  • One or two nights at the Warwick Denver Hotel depending upon flight availability;
  • Ground transportation to/from your home airport and to/from the Denver airport; and
  • Three meals: dinner on May 10th, and breakfast and lunch on May 11th. 

Invitations to the Workshop are non-transferable. However, if you wish for a colleague or staff member to participate in your place, please email Brian Newman at [email protected] to arrange an invitation on a space-available basis.

A representative from the Campaign for Free College Tuition will contact all invited individuals who have registered using this page the week of March 20th to arrange travel to/from Denver, Colorado.  In the meantime, please contact Brian Newman with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you in Denver.

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