Business Leaders in the News

Op-Eds/Speeches

Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Written and Oral Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. March 7, 2007.

William T. Archey, President and CEO, AeA. Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, “Strengthening America's Middle Class: Finding Economic Solutions to Help America's Families.” February 7, 2007.

Richard Erdmann, Founder and CEO, Syfr Corporation. Column in EdNews.org, “Victims of Our Own Success.” February 7, 2007. 

William H. Swanson, Chairman and CEO, Raytheon Company  & Co-Chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum’s Securing America’s Leadership in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Initiative. Keynote speech to the Economic Club of Phoenix. December 7, 2006.

Mary Andringa, President and CEO of Vermeer Manufacturing Corporation, and Ron Bullock, Chairman and CEO of Bison Gear and Engineering Corporation. Testimony before National Science Board. "K-16 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education in the U.S." December 7, 2005.

Norman R. Augustine, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation and current Chairman of the Executive Committee. "Learning to Lose." Washington Post, December 6, 2005.

Craig Barrett, Former Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation. "Science Grads, Where Are You?" BusinessWeek, December 5, 2005.

Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation. Prepared Speech for National Education Summit on High Schools. February 26, 2005.

David Kearns, former Chairman & CEO of the Xerox Corporation and former deputy U.S. Secretary of Education. "Why We Care." The Corporate Citizen, July/August, 2005

Arthur Rothkopf, Senior Vice President and Counselor to the President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "Higher Education and Economic Growth." October 30, 2006.

Dave McCurdy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Electronic Industries Alliance. Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform. "Global Competitiveness and Innovation." February 9, 2006.

Michael G. Morris, Chairman, President & CEO of American Electric Power Company, Inc., and Chairman of the Energy Task Force, Business Roundtable. Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. "American Competitiveness Initiative: Science and Math Education." March 2, 2006

Bill Shore, Director of U.S. Community Partnerships, GlaxoSmithKline. Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Education Reform. "How the Private Sector is Helping States and Communities Improve High School Education." June 28, 2005.

Related Articles

Matthew Benjamin & Paul Basken. "Greenspan Calls U.S. Education System 'Awful,' Too Divisive." Bloomberg.Com, October 26, 2006

"Bill Gates Gets Schooled." BusinessWeek, June 26, 2006.

Fareed Zakaria. "How Long Will America Lead the World?" Newsweek, June 12, 2006.