EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 10 a.m. July 25, 2012

EVENT: Susan Dynarski, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, will testify before a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday on the need for changes in current programs for making college more affordable, specifically Pell Grants and the American Opportunity Tax Credit.

Dynarski, who holds appointments at the Ford School of Public Policy, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the School of Education at U-M, will appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. With her on the panel are a university president, a leader from an education standards initiative and two representatives of tax-related organizations.

PLACE: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

MEDIA: The hearing will be live streamed at www.finance.senate.gov. Immediately following the hearing, Dynarski’s testimony will be posted on the School of Education and Ford School websites: www.soe.umich.edu and www.fordschool.umich.edu.

INFORMATION: www.fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/Susan_Dynarski