To review the panel’s recommendations, the Education Department this fall will hold hearings and work sessions on possible changes to federal rules and regulations. But Spellings has also said she plans to bring together business and higher education leaders next spring to explore other recommendations from the commission.
Prior to the secretary’s speech, a group of higher education associations offered their own prescription to help cure problems in postsecondary education. Led by the American Council on Education, the group released a blueprint that calls for a large increase in need-based aid, better alignment of high school and college curricula and increased preparation for teachers.
— By Charles Dervarics
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