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DoED Commission Softens Tone on the State of Higher Ed
The Department of Education's Committee on the Future of Higher Education has released a second draft of its report on the state of American colleges and universities. As reported in the July 10 issue of the Digest, the document originally released by the committee harshly criticized the U.S. higher education system for wasteful spending, lack of academic rigor, and failure to serve the needs of the national economy. The newest draft softens the critical tone of the report but retains most of the original recommendations, according to an article in Tuesday's Inside Higher Ed.
David Ward, president of the American Council on Education (ACE), noted in a message to ACE members that the updated version contains improvements in both tone and content. Ward also said that the changes indicate a willingness on the part of the commission to develop a constructive set of proposals for the education community.
Read the commission's second draft at: http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/reports/0714-draft.pdf