96-07-15 Gee to testify before Congress

                          NEWS ADVISORY:
   OSU PRESIDENT GORDON GEE TO TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE

     E. Gordon Gee, president of The Ohio State University, will 
testify Thursday (7/18) in Washington, D.C., before the U.S. 
House of Representatives Subcommittee on  Postsecondary 
Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.  He is scheduled to 
speak during a session, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2175 of 
the Rayburn House Office Building, on the cost of higher 
education.

     Gee has been invited as a representative of the American 
Council on Education to provide his perspective on the current 
affordability of post-secondary education, the reasons for 
tuition increases and the outlook for the future.  He was invited 
by the subcommittee chair, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-
Calif.), who said the purpose of the hearing is to give members 
of Congress insight into the rising costs of higher education and
the possible remedies to this problem.

     Gee will be pleased to meet with any members of the news 
media, especially those representing Ohio media, when his 
testimony is completed.

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Contact: Malcolm Baroway, executive director, University
         Communications, (614) 292-6895.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:25:14 -0400]
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