Purdue to join alliance for improving student success
September 15, 2014
President Mitch Daniels on Tuesday (Sept. 16) will be part of an announcement and discussion about the new University Innovation Alliance, a consortium of 11 large public research universities working together to improve student success for all students.
The announcement and discussion will take place at 9-11 a.m. at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Rotunda in Washington, D.C. A webcast will be available at http://nsp.performedia.com/asu/panel14/livestream.
Daniels will speak on "Policy and Philanthropy: Candid Views about Higher Ed Collaboration and Scale" with Hilary Pennington, vice president of the Ford Foundation's Education, Creativity and Free Expression program.
The 11 alliance universities are:
* Arizona State University.
* Georgia State University.
* Iowa State University.
* Michigan State University.
* The Ohio State University.
* Oregon State University.
* Purdue University.
* University of California, Riverside.
* University of Central Florida.
* University of Kansas.
* University of Texas at Austin.
The University Innovation Alliance is on Twitter and Facebook. Watch Purdue Today on Tuesday (Sept. 16) for additional information.