William E. Kirwan  | “Not college for all, but college for more” Washington Post, June 7

William E. Kirwan, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland since August 1, 2002, is a nationally recognized authority on critical issues shaping the higher education landscape. He served as President of Ohio State University for four years (1998-2002) and President of the University of Maryland, College Park for 10 years (1988-1998). Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the University of Maryland faculty for 24 years.
 

Robert J. Samuelson | “It’s time to drop the college-for-all crusade” Washington Post, May 28

In his weekly column, Robert J. Samuelson explores political, economic and social issues.  He began his journalism career as a reporter on The Washington Post's business desk in 1969 and started writing his column in 1977.  He is the author of The Good Life and Its Discontents: the American Dream in the Age of Entitlement, 1945-1995" (1995) and The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: the Past and Future of American Affluence (paperback 2010).