The Dan E. Sweat Distinguished Lecture Series began in 2004 and presented the following topics and lecture material.
The Racial Gap in Education Outcomes: Confronting the Challenge By Ronald F. Ferguson (Werner Center for Social Policy), Thursday, April 1, 2004
The Economic Importance of School Quality by Eric A. Hanushek (Hoover Institute at Stanford University), Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Accountability and the Classroom: A New Light Inside the Black Box of Schooling by Jane Hannaway (The Urban Institute), Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Preparing Students to Thrive in the 21st Century Economy by Richard J . Murnane, et al., (Harvard Graduate School of Education), Tuesday, October 23, 2007