5.16.2011
Flat World Knowledge President Speaks at U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Private Sector Innovations in Higher Education
Flat World Knowledge President Speaks at U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Private Sector Innovations in Higher Education
Eric Frank, president and co-founder of Flat World Knowledge, the largest publisher of free and open college textbooks for students worldwide, is a featured speaker at a higher education forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in Washington, DC, on May 16.
The forum, Degrees of Change: Private Sector Innovations Transforming Higher Education, is hosted by the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW), the education and workforce nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)3 affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Frank will speak on a panel at 11 a.m., titled Innovation Challenge: The Student—Breaking the Cost Spiral and Expanding Quality Learning Opportunities for All Americans.