You are here: Fairness.com > Resources > Panel urges higher-ed overhaul

Panel urges higher-ed overhaul

Date: September 28, 2006

Author: Stacy A. Teicher

QUOTE: Given the public's consternation over tuition spikes, there's widespread agreement on the need for talk. But agreement breaks down when it comes to defining and solving the problems. Some critics are suspicious that the drumbeat for "accountability" - from the administration that created the testing regimen of No Child Left Behind - will lead to government intrusion and a narrowing of higher education to what can be quantified and compared.

• Read it: Christian Science Monitor
• Tell a friend
• Add a Comment*

Article MetaInformation:

Key People:

• Patrick "Pat" M. Callan
• Charles Miller
• Constantine W. Curris
• Secretary Margaret Spellings
• Prof. William Doyle
• David Ward

Key Organizations:

• American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
• American Council on Education (ACE)
• Department of Education/Education Department (ED)
• First Church of Christ, Scientist The
• National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission
    • Sharing / Resource Allocation

• Education
  • Colleges/Universities
    • Cost / Scholarships

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Sociology
    • Class Differences

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

Comments:

none

• Add a Comment*

*User comments are posted without Fairness.com LLC's prior review or approval, and Fairness.com LLC takes no responsibility for them; please see our Conditions of Service Agreement.

Please send your comments and suggestions to the Webmaster. © copyright 1999-2009, Fairness.com LLC.
"Fairness.com" and "Life isn't fair... but we're working on it" are service marks of Fairness.com LLC. All rights reserved.