GREENVILLE, S.C. — Dr. Vicki Murray, Senior Policy Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, will deliver an address on "The Eight Not-So-Great Myths Against School Choice" Monday, February 16 at 7 p.m. in the Burgiss Theater of Furman's University Center.

The address will be followed by a brief question-and-answer session. The event is open to the public free of charge, though seating is limited.

Murray's visit is sponsored by the Furman University Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow.

Murray is Senior Policy Fellow, Education Studies, at the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy.  Her research focuses on education reform measures to improve academic accountability at all levels, promote a competitive education climate, and increase parents' control over their children's education.

Her research areas include district and charter school choice, early education, education tax credits and savings accounts, English Language Learners, special education, standards and testing, teacher pay and quality, vouchers, higher education reform, and education finance, both K-12 and postsecondary.

Murray is the former director of the Goldwater Institute Center for Educational Opportunity in Phoenix, Arizona, and the author of more than a dozen education policy studies. She has advised the U.S. Department of Education on public school choice and higher education reform. She has also advised education policy makers in nearly 30 states, provided expert testimony before state legislative education committees, and served on two national accountability task forces.

Prior to her career in education policy, Dr. Murray taught college-level courses in American politics, English composition and rhetoric, and early British literature. She has lectured at universities nationwide, including the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.  She received her Ph.D. in politics from the Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas, where she was an Earhart Foundation Fellow.

For more information, contact Furman's Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow at csbt@furmancsbt.org or visit its website at www.furmancsbt.org.