The various conspiracy theories were fed in part by the fact that requests to see the list, from participants and interested reporters alike, were turned away in recent weeks. But department officials insisted that the delays had occurred because they were striving to balance and satisfy the hundreds of nominations and suggestions that college groups and others had submitted for the maximum 300 slots, and to make the final group representative not only of higher education itself but of the many other constituents with an interest and stake in it.

The full list of those planning to attend Thursday’s meeting follows:

Lois Adams-Rodgers
Council of Chief State School Officers
Deputy Executive Director

Susan Aldridge
U. of Maryland University College
President

King Alexander
California State U. at Long Beach
President

Frank Alvarez
TMC HealthCare
President & CEO

Loren Anderson
Pacific Lutheran U.
President

Arthur Anthonisen
Orange County Community College
Trustee

Theresa Antworth
Fla. Dept. of Education
Director, State Scholarships and Grants

James Applegate
Ky. Council on Postsecondary Education
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Bart Astor
National Association of State Student Aid and Grant Programs
Director, Washington Office

Wendy Ault
MELMAC Education Foundation
Executive Director

Guy Bailey
U. of Missouri at Kansas City
Chancellor

Thomas Bailey
Community College Research Center, Columbia U. Teachers College
Director

Kristin Bannerman
U.S. Dept. of Education
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Congressional Affairs

Diane Barrans
Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
Executive Director

Sandy Baum
The College Board
Senior PolicyAnalyst

Julie Bell
National Conference of State Legislatures
Education Program Director

Roger Benjamin
Council for Aid to Education
President

Thomas Bennett
Parkland College
Trustee

Barbara Beno
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges
President of ACCJC

Andrew Benton
Pepperdine U.
President

Julia Benz
Ohio State U.
Director, Student Financial Aid

Robert Berdahl
Assn. of American Universities
President

David Bergeron
U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Director, Policy and Budget Development Staff

Carrie Besnette
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Vice President and Foundation Executive Director

Ronald Blumenthal
Kaplan Higher Education
Senior Vice President

Victor Boschini Jr.
Texas Christian U.
Chancellor

Karen Bowyer
Dyersburg State Community College
President

James Boyle
College Parents of America
President

Kitty Boyle
Assn. of Community College Trustees
Chair

Kathleen Boyle Dalen
Partnership for Regional Education Preparation-KC
Associate Director

Adam Briddell
U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Staff

Kerri Briggs
U.S. Dept. of Education
Acting Assistant Secretary, OESE

Barbara Brittingham
New England Assn. of Schools & Colleges
Director, CIHE

Steven Brooks
N.C. State Education Assistance Authority
Executive Director

J. Noah Brown
Assn. of Community College Trustees
President and CEO

Jonathan Brown
Assn. of Independent California Colleges and Universities
President

Beth Buehlmann
Senate HELP Committee
Staff

Ronald Bullock
Bison Gear & Engineering Corp.
Chairman & CEO

Ken Burke
St. Petersburg College
ACCT Immediate Past-Chair

Patrick Callan
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
President

Rebecca Campoverde
Kaplan, Inc.
Vice President, Government Relations

Nancy Cantor
Syracuse U.
Chancellor and President

Donald Carcieri
State of Rhode Island
Governor

Kevin Carey
Education Sector
Research and Policy Manager

Max Castillo
U. of Houston-Downtown
President

Daniel Chambliss
Hamilton College
Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology

Sally Clausen
U. of Louisiana System
President

David Cleary
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander
Staff Director

Michael Cohen
Achieve, Inc.
President

Ann Coles
The Education Resources Institute
Sr. Vice President, College Access Programs

George Conant
California State U.
Legislative Director

Shari F. Crittendon
United Negro College Fund
VP,General Counsel,Government Affairs & Secretary

Ronald A. Crutcher
Wheaton College
President

Ding-Jo Currie
Coastline Community College
President

Stephen Curtis
Community College of Philadelphia
President

Jason Dalen
Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
Associate Director

Sharon Darling
National Center for Family Literacy
President & Founder

Thomas Dawson
U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Postsecondary Education
Chief of Staff

Philip Day Jr.
City College of San Francisco
Chancellor

John Dean
National College Access Network
Chairman

Robert Dickeson
U. of Northern Colorado
President Emeritus

Kathryn Dodge
N.H. Postsecondary Education Commission
Executive Director

Lawrence Dotolo
Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education
President

James Duderstadt
U. of Michigan
President Emeritus

Mary Ellen Duncan
Howard Community College
President

Johanna Duncan-Poitier
New York State Education Department
Senior Deputy Commissioner of Education

Gwendolyn Dungy
National Assn. of Student Personnel Administrators
Executive Director

David Dunn
U.S. Department of Education
Chief of Staff

Janet Durfee-Hidalgo
Gov. Donald Carcieri (R.I.)
Education Policy Adviser

Judith Eaton
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
President

John Ebersole
Excelsior College
President

Phyllis Eisen
The Manufacturing Institute/National Assn. of Manufacturing
Vice President

Richard Ekman
Council of Independent Colleges
President

Sandra Elman
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
President

Edward Elmendorf
American Assn. of State Colleges and Universities
Sr. Vice President

Bill Evers
U.S. Department of Education
Consultant

Peter Ewell
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
Vice President

Nancy Farmer
Independent 529 Plan
President

Ricardo R. Fernandez
Lehman College — City U. of New York
President

A. Lee Fritschler
George Mason U.
Professor

Matthew Gandal
Achieve, Inc.
Executive Vice President

Les Garner
Cornell College (Iowa)
President

Mary Gershwin
Center for Workforce Studies, National Assn. of Manufacturers
Senior Fellow

Ronald Gidwitz
GCG Parners
Partner

Scott Giles
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Vice President for Policy, Research and Planning

Larry Gold
American Federation of Teachers Higher Education
Director

Gabriella Gomez
U.S. House Education and Labor Committee
Senior Education Policy Adviser

Gerrit Gong
Brigham Young U.
Assistant to the President

William (Bill) Graves
SunGard Higher Education
Senior VP, Academic Strategy

Joanne Greathouse
Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
Chief Executive Officer

Alison Griffin
Chartwell Education Group
Assistant Director

Terrell Halaska
U.S. Department of Education
Assistant Secretary, Legislative and Congresssional Affairs

Eve Hall
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Vice President of Programs

Matthew Hamill
National Assn. of College and University Business Officers
Senior Vice President

Cynthia Hammond
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs
Legislative Liaison

Judy Hample
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Chancellor

Eric Hanushek
Hoover Institution
Senior Fellow

Mary Jane Harris
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
Director

Natala (Tally) Hart
Ohio State U.
Senior Adviser for Economic Access

Sarah Hawker
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Vice President for Adult Education

David Hawkins
National Assn. of College Admission Counseling
Director of Public Policy

Patricia Hayes
U. of Colorado
Chair

Susan Heegaard
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Director

Erika Heikkila
U.S. Rep. John Boehner
Policy Advisor

Carolyn Henrich
U. Of California
Legislative Director

Richard Hersh
Council for Aid to Education
Co-DirectorCLA

Marc Herzog
Connecticut Community College System
Chancellor

Marshall Hill
Nebraska Coordinating Committee for Postsecondary Education
Executive Director

Nancy Hoffman
Jobs for the Future
Vice President, Youth Transitions

Lucy House
Rep. Ric Keller (R-Fla.)
Legislative Assistant

Freeman Hrabowski
U. of Maryland, Baltimore County
President

Amanda Hughes
U. of Texas System
Coordinator for System Federal Relations

Mary Jacquart
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Director State & Federal Government Relations

Kenneth James
Arkansas Department of Education
Commissioner of Education

Bruce D. James
Director, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Commissioner, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Connie Jameson
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Government Relations Consultant

Sally Johnstone
Winona State U.
Vice President

Amy Jones
U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor
Professional Staff

Stan Jones
Indiana Commission for Higher Education
Commissioner

Todd Jones
Assn. of Independent Colleges & Universities of Ohio
President

Horace Judson
Grambling State U.
President

Troy Justesen
U.S. Education Department Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Assistant Secretary

Richard Kazis
Jobs for the Future
Senior Vice President

Cheryl Keenan
U.S. Education Department Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Director, Division of Adult Education and Literacy

Kimberly Kiely
National College Access Network
Associate Director

Cheryl King
National Commission on Adult Literacy
Study Director

William Kirwan
University System of Maryland
Chancellor

Dale Kuehne
Saint Anselm College
Professor

George Kuh
Indiana U. Center for Postsecondary Research
Chancellor’s Professor

Holly Kuzmich
U.S.Department of Education
Deputy Chief of Staff

Hudson LaForce
U.S. Department of Education
Senior Counselor to the Secretary

Michael Lambert
Distance Education and Training Council
Executive Director

Richard Lariviere
University of Kansas
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

J.D. LaRock
U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
Senior Education Advisor

William Law
Tallahassee Community College
President

Jon Lawniczak
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute
Executive Director

Thomas Layzell
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
President

Richard Legon
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
President

Moira Lenehan-Razzuri
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa
Legislative Assistant

Justin Lepscier
Georgetown University
Student

Valerie Lewis
Connecticut Department of Higher Education
Commissioner

Brett Lief
National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs
President

Paul Lingenfelter
State Higher Education Executive Officers
President

Dane Linn
National Governors Association
Director

Dennis Littky
The Big Picture Company & The Met High Schools
Founder and Co-Director

Kathleen Little
The College Board
Senior Executive Director, Financial Aid Services

Evelyn Lynn
Florida Senate
State Senator

Lauren Maddox
U.S. Department of Education
Assistant Secretary, OCO

Arturo Madrid
Trinity U.
Murchison Distinguished Professor

Geri H. Malandra
U. of Texas System
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Management

David Mandel
Carnegie-IAS Commission on Mathematics and Science Ed
Executive Director

Kathryn Mannes
National Retail Federation
Managing Director, Workforce Development

William Massy
The Jackson Hole Higher Education Group, Inc.
President

Joe May
Louisiana Community & Technical College System
President

James McCormick
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Chancellor

Townsend McNitt
U.S. Department of Education
Deputy Chief of Staff

M. Peter McPherson
National Assn. of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
President

Mary Meehan
Alverno College
President

Robert W. Mendenhall
Western Governors U.
President

Thomas Meredith
Institutions of Higher Learning (Mississippi)
Commissioner of Higher Education

Denise Merrill
Connecticut General Assembly
State Representative

Christina Milano
National College Access Network
Executive Director

Charles Miller
Meridian National
Chairman

Margaret Miller
National Forum on College-Level Learning
Director

John Moder
Hispanic Assn. of Colleges and Universities
Senior Vice President/COO

David Moldoff
AcademyOne
President

Sheryl Moody
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Executive Director

Robert Moran
Perennial Strategy Group
Vice President

Geanie Morrison
Texas House of Representatives
State Representative

Anne Neal
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
President

Elaine Neely-Eacona
Kaplan Higher Education Corp
Senior V.P. — Regulatory Affairs

Michael Nettles
Educational Testing Service
Senior Vice President

Sheftel Neuberger
Ner Israel Rabbinical College
President

Kay Norton
U. of Northern Colorado
President

Charlene Nunley
Montgomery College
Retired President

Michael Offerman
Capella U.
President

Daryl Ogden
Project GRAD USA
Vice President, Strategy

Sean O’Hare
iThink Technologies, Inc.
President

Robert O’Leary
State of Massachusetts
State Senator

Shirley Ort
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Provost & Director

Katie Ortego
U.S. Education Department Office of Federal Student Aid
Program Specialist

H. James Owen
Piedmont Community College
President

Matt Owens
Association of American Universities
Assistant Director of Federal Relations

Raymund Paredes
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Commissioner

David Payne
Educational Testing Service
Executive Director

Paula Peinovich
Walden U.
President

Mark Pelesh
Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
Executive Vice President

William Pepicello
U. of Phoenix
President

Laree Perez
The Medallion Company
Managing Partner

Robert Perry
South Dakota Board of Regents
Executive Director

George Peterson
Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology
Executive Director

Tony Peyton
National Center for Family Literacy
Senior Director

Neil Pickett
Office of Gov.Mitch Daniels (Ind.)
Senior Policy Director

William L. Pollard
U. of the District of Columbia
President

Nan Poppe
Portland Community College
Campus President

James Ptaszynski
Microsoft Corp.
Senior Director, WW Higher Education Strategy

Karen Quarles
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Legislative and Government Affairs
Deputy Assistant Secretary

Julie Radocchia
U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor
Education Policy Advisor

Kathy Randolph Sproles
National Council for Higher Education, NEA
President

Chris Rasmussen
Midwestern Higher Education Compact
Director of Policy Research

Charles Reed
California State U. System
Chancellor

Travis Reindl
Jobs for the Future
Program Director

Stephen Reno
University System of New Hampshire
Chancellor

Kimrey Rhinehardt
U. of North Carolina
Vice President for Federal Relations

Robert Rivera
Project GRAD USA
President & CEO

Reginald Robinson
Kansas Board of Regents
President and CEO

Jason Rohloff
Office of Gov. Tim Pawlenty (Minn.)
Director of Federal Affairs

Raul Romero
Alliance Consulting Group, LLC
President and CEO

Joseph Russo
U. of Notre Dame
Dir. Student Financial Strategies

Donald Saleh
Syracuse U.
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

Stefanie Sanford
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Deputy Director, National Initiatives

William Scheuerman
United University Professions
President

Bill Schilling
U. of Pennsylvania
Director, Student Financial Aid

Sandra Schroeder
American Federation of Teachers — Washington
President

Jewel Scott
The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
Executive Director

Nancy Segal
ACT, Inc.
AVP and Director, Washington, DC office

Marlene Seltzer
Jobs for the Future
President & CEO

Rev. Michael Sheeran, S.J.
Regis U.
President

Robert Sheets
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Business and Industry Services

Robert Shireman
Institute for College Access and Success
President

Sanford Shugart
Valencia Community College
President

David Shulenburger
National Assn. of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Vice President for Academic Affairsn

Ray Simon
U.S. Department of Education
Deputy Secretary

John Simpson
State U. of New York at Buffalo
President

Celia Sims
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr
Legislative Assistant

Andre Smith
Florida Dept of Education
Deputy Director

Kathleen Smith
Education Finance Council
President

Janis Somerville
National Association of System Heads
Senior Associate

David Spence
Southern Regional Education Board
President

Pat Stanley
U.S. Education Department Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Deputy Assistant Secretary

Sheila Stearns
Montana University System
Commissioner of Higher Education

Richard Stephens
Boeing Co.
Senior VP, Human Resources and Administration

John Stevens
Texas Business and Education Coalition
Executive Director

Debra Stewart
Council of Graduate Schools
President

Peter Stokes
Eduventures, Inc.
Executive Vice President

Karen Stout
Montgomery County Community College
President

Louis W. Sullivan
Morehouse School of Medicine
President Emeritus

Robert Templin
Northern Virginia Community College
President

Michael Thomas
New England Board of Higher Education
Sr. Vice President

William Troutt
Rhodes College
President

Carol Twigg
National Center for Academic Transformation
President and CEO

Johan Uvin
Rhode Island Department of Education
State Director of Adult Education

Richard Vedder
Center for College Affordability and Productivity
Director

Martha Walda
California State U.
Trustee Emeritus

Danielle Walking Eagle
St. Francis Indian School
Elementary Principal

David Ward
American Council on Education
President

Jack Warner
Rhode Island Office of Higher Education
Commissioner

David L. Warren
National Assn. of Independent Colleges and Universities
President

Chad Waukechon
College of Menominee Nation
Education/Outreach Director

Rabbi Moshe Z. Weisberg
Yeshiva Administrators of Financial Aid
President

Edwin Welch
U. of Charleston
President

Mary Ann Welch
NASSGAP
President

Jane Wellman
Delta Project on Postsecondary Costs
Director

John D. Welty
California State U. at Fresno
President

Ben Wildavsky
Ewing Marion Kauffman Fdn.
Senior Fellow, Research & Policy

Benna Wilde
Prince Charitable Trusts
Managing Director

Gene Wilhoit
Council of Chief State School Officers
Executive Director

Reginald Wilkinson
Ohio College Access Network
President & CEO

Roger Williams
Accrediting Council for Career Education and Training
Executive Director

Jack Wilson
U. of Massachusetts
President

Ralph Wolff
Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges
Executive Director

Shaun Yoder
Business Alliance for Higher Education & Economy
Director

Mark Yudof
U. of Texas System
Chancellor

Tony Zeiss
Central Piedmont Community College
President

Nancy Zimpher
U. of Cincinnati
President

Susan Zlotlow
American Psychological Assn.
Director, Program Consultation and Accreditation