Arthur Levine is president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and president emeritus of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author or co-author of nine books on American education, including Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today’s College Student, his third study of a generation of college students since 1980.

Arthur Levine is president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and president emeritus of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author or co-author of nine books on American education, including Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today’s College Student, his third study of a generation of college students since 1980.

Harvard University president Drew Gilpin Faust launches Boston College's Sesquicentennial Speakers Series, reflecting on “who and what” higher education is for. She was awarded a Sesquicentennial Medal for her work as a historian and a leader in education. University President William P. Leahy, SJ, welcomed Faust.

Harvard University president Drew Gilpin Faust launches Boston College's Sesquicentennial Speakers Series, reflecting on “who and what” higher education is for. She was awarded a Sesquicentennial Medal for her work as a historian and a leader in education. University President William P. Leahy, SJ, welcomed Faust.

Pedro Noguera, the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University delivers the keynote address at this academic symposium, titled "Education and Its Role in Democratic Societies." The symposium is one of the first programs put on as part of the University's Sesquicentennial Celebration.

Pedro Noguera, the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University delivers the keynote address at this academic symposium, titled "Education and Its Role in Democratic Societies." The symposium is one of the first programs put on as part of the University's Sesquicentennial Celebration.

Why aren't we being recruited as aggressively to commit to teaching for two years in our highest poverty communities as we are to commit two years to work on Wall Street, says Wendy Kopp, echoing the question that led her to found Teach for America, the teaching corps that began as Kopp's undergraduate thesis at Princeton in 1989 and has grown to place more than 9,000 recent college graduates in classrooms in 43 low-income urban and rural communities across the country. Kopp addresses the Lynch Leadership Academy and discusses her recent book, A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All.

Why aren't we being recruited as aggressively to commit to teaching for two years in our highest poverty communities as we are to commit two years to work on Wall Street, says Wendy Kopp, echoing the question that led her to found Teach for America, the teaching corps that began as Kopp's undergraduate thesis at Princeton in 1989 and has grown to place more than 9,000 recent college graduates in classrooms in 43 low-income urban and rural communities across the country. Kopp addresses the Lynch Leadership Academy and discusses her recent book, A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All.

David L. Kirp, professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, delivers a talk, titled "Bridging the Widest Achievement Gap: African-American Males and Equal Educational Opportunity," sponsored by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy.

David L. Kirp, professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, delivers a talk, titled "Bridging the Widest Achievement Gap: African-American Males and Equal Educational Opportunity," sponsored by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy.