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Michael B. Goldstein Member

Washington, DC

Mr. Goldstein is a member of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Dow Lohnes, PLLC, where he is co-leader of the firm’s higher education industry practice. Prior to joining Dow Lohnes in 1978 to organize the practice, Mr. Goldstein was Associate Vice Chancellor for Urban and Governmental Affairs and Associate Professor of Urban Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and before that served as Assistant City Administrator and Director of University Relations in the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York.

Mr. Goldstein has represented many hundreds of institutions of all types and sizes, from the largest publicly-traded postsecondary companies and state university systems to small independent colleges and closely-held schools, as well as private equity groups and global investment funds, accrediting agencies, and associations involved in the diverse higher education industry. Mr. Goldstein has advised Dow Lohnes clients on issues involving the uses of technology in delivering postsecondary education, accreditation and licensure of cross-border learning, for- and non-profit financing of postsecondary institutions, public offerings and private equity financing of institutions, joint ventures among for- and non-profit educational entities, and acquiring and protecting access to federally-financed student financial aid resources, including the management of audits, compliance reviews and adverse actions.

Mr. Goldstein has written and lectured widely on these and other higher education-related topics, and has taken a very active role in the postsecondary industry. He is a member of the UNESCO Task Force on Degree Mills and he is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee of the National Association of College Attorneys (NACUA). He has served as chair of the NACUA Committee on legal Education, co-chair of the Education Grants Committee of the Federal Bar Association and chair of the Education Law Committee of the American Bar Association. He is a trustee of the Fielding Graduate University, a former trustee of Mount Vernon College and a former director of the American Association for Higher Education.

Mr. Goldstein presently serves as a director of the Washington Ballet, the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars and the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation, He is a former director of the Cleveland Park Historical Society and the Learning and Leadership in Families Foundation, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of public broadcast station WETA. He is also a member of the Cosmos Club, an officer of the Friendship Fire Association, the volunteer unit of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service and an officer of the DC Fire & EMS Foundation. He was the first Executive Director of the New York City Urban Corps and directed a Ford Foundation sponsored project to encourage the establishment of student intern programs in the nation's cities. While in New York, he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Government in the graduate public administration program at John Jay College of the City University of New York.

Mr. Goldstein holds a law degree from New York University, a B.A. in Government from Cornell University, and was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Urban and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.

Memberships and Activities

Chair - Committee on Legal Education, National Association of College and University Attorneys

Member - Education Task Force, District of Columbia Bar Association

Past Chair - Education Law Committee, American Bar Association

Past Co-Chair - Education Grants Committee, Federal Bar Association

Trustee - The Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA

Director - American Association for Higher Education

Director - The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars

Director - Learning and Leadership in Families Foundation

Director - The Washington Ballet

Director - Cleveland Park Historical Society

Director - American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation

Selected Writings

With Blakeslee, Wesley D., "Entrepreneurship and Conflicts of Interest," in Intellectual Property Technology Transfer, Aline Flower, Ed., Bureau of National Affairs (2006).

With Antley, Corinne M. and Hoover, John, "IRS Ruling Gives Green Light to For-Profit Joint Ventures," The Business Officer, p. 10, January, 2005.

With Salomon, Kenneth D., "Copyright Issues and Technology-Mediated Instruction," in Legal Issues in the Community College, Robert C. Cloud, Ed., Jossey-Bass, p. 65, Spring, 2004.

With Cassat, Peter, "Waves on a Sea of Information Privacy Laws," Greentree Gazette, p. 78, July, 2003.

With Cassat, Peter, "Security vs. Privacy: The Coming Contest Over Rights," Greentree Gazette, p. 14, January, 2003.

"Enforcing the USA Patriot Act versus Protecting Free Speech on Campus," Greentree Gazette, November, 2002

"My Rap is Yours: Avoiding Liability for Peer-to-Peer File Trading Over Campus Computer Networks," Greentree Gazette, p. 62, July 2002.

"Surviving the Killer App," Greentree Gazette, p. 56, May, 2002.

"E-Learning and the Financial Aid Administrator: Why Understanding 34 CFR Isn't Enough." NASFAA's Student Aid Transcript, p. 40, Spring, 2001.

"To Be (For-Profit) or Not To Be: What is the Question?" Change Magazine, p. 25, September-October, 2000.

"Regulation of the Web: e-Learning in a Nation of States," Written Testimony, National Commission on Web-Based Education, October, 2000.

"Legal Issues of Distance Learning," Career Education Review, September, 2000.

"Financing Postbaccalaureate Education in an Age of Telecommunicated Learning," in Postbaccalaureate Futures, Kohl & Lapidus, Eds., ACE Oryx, 2000, pp. 83-101.

"A Capital Innovation for Making A Profit," The Times (London) Higher Education Supplement, No. 1,415, p. 12, December 17, 1999.

"Capital Ideas," University Business Magazine, , p. 46, October, 1999.

"Alternative Strategies and Creating New Profit Possibilities," Career Education Review, pp. 445 453, July 1998.

"Financial Aid and the Developmental Student," Ignash, Ed., Implementing Effective Policies for Remedial and Developmental Education, New Directions for Community Colleges, Vol. 100, Jossey Bass: Winter 1997.

"The Regulatory and Policy Environment of Telecommunicated Learning," Redesign, State Higher Education Executive Officers, Vol. 1, No. 2, October, 1994.

"Telecommunicated Learning: The Regulatory Environment," monograph, excerpted in Higher Education in the 21st Century: Restructuring and Reengineering the Academic Enterprise, KPMG Peat Marwick, June 1994.

"Academic Regulation of Telecommunicated Learning," Community College Journal, vol. 64, no. 2, p. 32, October/November 1993.

"Technology Transfer and Public Infrastructure Development: Financing Capital Improvements Through the Creation of Knowledge," Kim, Ed., Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation on the Public Works Infrastructure, Vol. II, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1993.

"The Volunteer and the Law," Comuniversity, No. 2, December, 1991. Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York.

"Distance Learning and Accreditation," M. P. Lenn, Ed.. Distance Learning and Accreditation, Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, 1991.

"Educational Telecommunications: Forces Behind Market Growth," Proceedings, National Telecommunications Forum, Vol. XXXXIV, p. 113. National Engineering Consortium, 1990.

Technology Transfer and Risk Management, National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1990.

"Legal Issues in Combining Service and Learning," J. Kendall, ed., Combining Service and Learning: A Resource Book for Community and Public Service, Vol. II. Raleigh: National Society for Internships and Experiential Education, 1990.

"Legal Access: Who Speaks for Adult Learners," Profiles in Adult Learning, California State University, 1989 (video).

With Woolsey, Suzanne, "Finance Issues in the Telecommunications Age," R. Jonsen, M. McGill, eds., State Higher Education Policies for the Information Age, Denver: Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, September 1987.

"Equity Financing: Research Partnerships," R. Anderson, J.W. Meyerson, eds., Financing Higher Education: Strategies After Tax Reform, New Directions for Higher Education, No. 58. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, Summer 1987, reprinted in Iho Ken, Tokyo: Corporate Lawyer's Association of Pharmaceutical Industry in Japan, October, 1990.

With Wolk, Peter C., "Legal Rights and Obligations of Students, Employers and Institutions," K. Ryder, J. Wilson, eds., Cooperative Education in a New Era, San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1987.

"Questions to Ask About Creative Financing," AGB Reports, Vol. 29, Number 1. Washington, DC: Association of Governing Boards, January/February 1987.

With Woolsey, Suzanne, "The State Role in the Acquisition and Management of Research Equipment," R. Zdanis, ed., Financing and Managing University Research Equipment, Washington: Association of American Universities, 1985.

"Taking Advantage of State and Federal Tax Laws," J. Mingle, ed., Creative Financing for Higher Education Facilities and Equipment, Denver: State Higher Education Executive Officers, 1985.

Issues of Law and Policy Affecting Telecommunications Based Distance Learning. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, March 1984. (ERIC ED 248873)

"Law and Ethics in Cooperative Education," The Journal of Cooperative Education, Vol XX, No. 2. December 1984.

"Telecommunications and Higher Education: In Search of a Public Policy," P.J. Tate, M. Kressel, eds., The Expanding Role of Telecommunications in Higher Education. New Directions in Higher Education, No. 44. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, December 1983.

"Who Pays? Your Liability for Volunteer Injuries," Case Currents, Vol. VIII, No. 1. January 1982.

"Using Federal Work Study Funds," Synergist, Spring 1981.

"Higher Education Reauthorization: Education Work Implications," Connections, December 1980.

"Education and the Election: John Anderson," Change, Vol. 12, No. 6. September 1980.

"Federal Policy Issues Affecting ". Kressel, ed., Adult Learning and Public Broadcasting, Washington: American Association of Community & Junior Colleges, 1980, reprinted, T.H.E. JOURNAL, Vol, 7, No. 3. March 1980.

"Legal Angle: Liability for Volunteers' Injuries," Synergist, Vol. 7, No. 3. "oward the Urban University: Needs and Obstacles," The Innovator, Chicago: Northeastern Illinois University, 1978.

"Achieving the Nondiscriminatory Recognition of Experiential Learning," R. Sexton, ed., New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1978.