Purdue University North Central Chancellor Dr. James B. Dworkin has recently been a featured speaker at national, state and campus gatherings.

On Wednesday, Oct. 13, Dworkin traveled to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., to participate in a national Campus Compact meeting of its member college and university presidents.

Dworkin gave the closing remarks to the Campus Compact Presidents Leadership Summit which brought together up to 150 college and university presidents. Also addressing the group was Dr. Martha Kanter, under secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education; Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education and John J. DeGioia, president of Georgetown University.

The summit was convened in response to a call by President Barack Obama for America to have the highest proportion of students graduating from college in the world and to provide every child access to a complete and competitive 21st century education.

Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents, represents some 6 million students who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education. Continue reading this article.

This excerpt is from an article written by PNC Public Relations.