Governor Richardson’s Higher Education Summit 2007

 

The 2007 Governor Richardson’s Higher Education Summit was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Embassy Suites on Monday, December 3 through Wednesday, December 5.  There were about 400 participants.  The attendees who participated were regents, presidents, faculty, staff, legislators, students, and individuals from the private sector.

 

Dr. Reed Dasenbrock, Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Higher Education Department, opened the summit and welcomed all participants.  In his weekly update, Sec. Dasenbrock wrote "Governor Richardson’s Higher Education Summit was essentially an extended conversation by the higher education community of the state, and in any good conversation, all participants learn and come to a new understanding, at least of how others view them and the issues under discussion. I learned a great deal, both about current issues the initiatives of NMHED are already addressing as well as about some we haven’t yet begun to tackle…"

 

A message from The Honorable Jeff Bingaman, United States Senator, was read to the audience.  The Honorable Diane Denish, Lt. Governor of New Mexico, praised the progress made in New Mexico and pointed out the challenges still remaining for higher education. Check out the following link to see a complete version of Lt. Governor Diane Denish's Remarks.

 

The Keynote Address during the luncheon presented by Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust entitled “Access and Success in Higher Education:  Can We Do More?”is available at this link.

 

Many of the presentations are now available electronically at the following link:  Governor Richardson's 2007 Higher Education Summit Presentations.

 

Click here for Summit Program

Click here for Session Descriptions

Click here for Agenda Overview

 

If you have questions or need more information about the Summit, please contact Brandon Trujillo at 505-476-6540, or email at brandon.trujillo@state.nm.us.