On September 12, 2013, Hudson Institute’s Initiative on Future Innovation convened a distinguished panel of experts and practitioners from business, philanthropy, and the academic world for an off-the-record workshop on a working draft of Beyond Retrofitting: Innovation in Higher Education, by Andrew P. Kelly and Frederick M. Hess. Mssrs. Kelly and Hess, both resident scholars at the American Enterprise Institute, are among the nation’s foremost authorities on K-12 and post-secondary education policy. Beyond Retrofitting — since published in final form as the first in a series of major research papers by Hudson’s Innovation Initiative, and available for download under the “Further Reading” header elsewhere on this page — is a path-breaking proposal for structural and technological re-engineering of American higher education.
Frederick M. Hess Author and Presenter
Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew P. Kelly Author and Presenter
Resident Scholar in Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Christopher DeMuth Moderator
Hudson Distinguished Fellow and Director, Initiative on Future Innovation
Jonathan Cain Discussant
Thiel Foundation
Kimberly O. Dennis Discussant
Searle Freedom Trust
Tim Kane Discussant
Chief Economist, Hudson Institute
Hanns Kuttner Discussant
Hudson Senior Fellow
Kenneth J. Polk Discussant
American Chemical Society
Andrew S. Rosen Discussant
Kaplan, Inc.
Vickie Schray Discussant
Bridgepoint Foundation
Burck Smith Discussant
StraighterLine
David Tell Discussant
Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Public Affairs & Special Projects
Peter Thiel Discussant
Thiel Foundation
Tevi Troy Discussant
Hudson Visiting Fellow
John P. Walters Discussant
Hudson Chief Operating Officer
Kenneth R. Weinstein Discussant
Hudson President & CEO
Ben Wildavsky Discussant
Kauffman Foundation
Margaret Whitehead Discussant
Hudson Board of Trustees
