George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

Workshop on Higher Education and Public Policy Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection in Higher Education


Event Details

  • Date:
  • Venue: George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
  • Division: The Attorneys General Education Program

 

Program Description: This public policy conference followed on the heels of an LEC Research Roundtable where commissioned original papers had been presented on: “For-Profit Education: Economic and Historical Perspectives,” “The Accreditation Process,” “Costs of Higher Education and the Government’s Role as it Relates to Higher Education and Consumers.”

The first day was an Attorneys General staff workshop on foundational issues with limited attendance. The second day was open to the public and was a discussion of competition in the higher education market, the identification of obstacles to robust competition, and comparison of the diverse and competing higher education models. The for-profit model of education, the not-for profit model, the effect of subsidies on the system, and market failures were all addressed.

Introduction to the Economics of Higher Education

 

Speakers:

Karen M. Czarnecki, Director of Education, Law & Economics Center

Henry N. Butler, Dean and Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

Richard K. Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus and Director, Epstein Professor in Health Law & Policy, Ohio University


Property Rights and Governance in Higher Education

Speakers:

Karen M. Czarnecki, Director of Education, Law & Economics Center

Henry N. Butler, Dean and Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

Richard K. Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus and Director, Epstein Professor in Health Law & Policy, Ohio University


Innovation and Competition

Speaker:

Richard K. Vedder


Student Loans and the Cost Spiral in Higher Education

Speaker:

Todd J. Zywicki, Executive Director, Law & Economics Center and George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law


The Government’s Role in Higher Education

Panel:

Richard K. Vedder

Joshua C. Hall

Jane S. Shaw, Member, Board of Directors, John William Pope Center for Higher Education, Education Policy

Anne D. Neal, President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Moderator:

Todd J. Zywicki


Challenges to Higher Education Today: Cost and Quality Issues

Panel:

Roger E. Meiners, Goolsby-Rosenthal Endowed Chair in Law and Economics, Department of Economics, University of Texas at Arlington

Scott E. Masten, Professor of Business and Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Daniel D. Polsby, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

Todd J. Zywicki

Moderator:

Michael E. Debow: Professor of Law, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University


Luncheon Address: The Future of Higher Education

Speakers:

Richard Bishirjian, President and Professor of Government at Yorktown University

Brian Shull, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission


Consumer Protection in Higher Education

Speakers:

Michael E. Debow

Jayme S. Lemke, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director, Academic and Student Programs, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

David A. Hyman, H. Ross and Helen Workman Chiar in Law, and Director, Epstein Program in Health Law and Policy, University of Illinois College of Law

Alexander T. Tabarrok, Bratley J. Madden Chair in Economics, George Mason University

Moderator:

Joshua C. Hall