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Bold change vs. the status quo
In a recent edition of The Politico, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings takes Congress to task for failing to address critical problems of higher education quality and accountability at a time when the U.S. is losing its competitive edge. She reflects on a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, where U.S. business leaders raised concerns about how America is lagging behind many competitor nations in student achievement and graduation rates. She laments the contrast between business leaders, who recognize the need for bold change, and the U.S. Congress, which -- in reauthorizing the Higher Education Act -- has defended the status quo and refused to adopt changes necessary to reform an ailing higher education system.
Posted by Phyllis Palmiero on March 11, 2008 at March 11, 2008 04:23 PM
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Margaret Spellings has just about zero of interest to say about higher education. The hack who helped saddle us with NCLB? She with the boss who is wrecking the country's finances and has bungled the war on terror perhaps beyond repair? Maybe those guys in Davos should tell her to take a look in the mirror when diagnosing the decline of the United States.
Posted by: Mike at March 16, 2008 11:15 AM