In mid-August, the Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education approved its final report. The report will be prepared for publication and given to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings in the next several weeks. Eighteen of the nineteen members of the Commission agreed to sign the final report. David Ward of the American Council on Education (ACE) was the only member of the Commission who chose not to offer his signature.
Below are views on the report from two higher education organizations, including David Ward's official statement on his decision to withhold his signature from the final report:
American Council on Education:
http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Press_Releases2&CONTENTID=17767&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU):
http://www.naicu.edu/HEA/NAICULtr-CommissionDraft3.pdf
Just last week, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed reported that the Department plans to start a formal rulemaking process in the winter to investigate the regulatory changes necessary to implement the report’s recommendations.
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