WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Judd Gregg, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today announced that the full HELP Committee will hold a hearing on Higher Education and the Workforce. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) will preside over the hearing.

Testimony will be heard from: Dr. Charles Bohlen, President of Laramie County Community College; Dr. James C. Votruba, President of the University of Northern Kentucky; Dr. Beth Buchanan, Executive Director of the Center for Workforce Preparation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Diana Oblinger, Executive Director of Higher Education, Microsoft; and Ellen O'Brien Saunders, Executive Director of the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.

TOPIC: Higher Education and the Workforce: Issues for Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act

WHEN: Thursday, March 4, 2004 10:00am

WHERE: SD-430 Dirksen Senate Office Building