neither a moment nor a mind to waste: strategies for broadening access to post-secondary education

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Jamie P. Merisotis, President, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Washington, DC

Jamie P. Merisotis is the founding president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Established in 1993, the Washington, DC-based organization is regarded as one of the world’s premier research and policy organizations concerned with education policy development. Jamie is a leading authority on college and university financing, particularly student aid, and has published major studies and reports on topics ranging form higher education ranking systems to technology-based learning, He focuses much of his work on improving access for low-income, minority and other historically under-represented populations and in 1999 founded the Alliance for Equity in Higher Education with other leaders, a coalition of national associations representing over 350 minority-serving institutions.

Jamie also manages the Institute’s global portfolio, working to further educational opportunity and access in nations in transition, such as southern Africa and the former Soviet Union. In September 2006, he helped to establish the Global Center on Private Financing of Higher Education. He is also an advisor to governments and institutions in several countries and serves on the boards of a number of organizations, including as chairman of the board of Scholarship America, and as a member of the executive committee of the European Access Network.