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From Education Newsfeed:
The summit focuses on action items around five key recommendations by the Secretary's Commission on the Future of Higher Education to improve college access, affordability and accountability.
The Commission's findings were the basis for the Secretary's action plan to improve America's higher education system and provide students and families with more information and more affordable access to higher education.
Another priority was streamlining the process by which students apply for federal student aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Only about 17% of our high school freshmen are getting bachelor's degrees within ten years---and when you disaggregate the data, it's even worse.
If we don't improve minority access to higher education now, then we will become a poorer, more divided nation of haves and have-nots.
A good case study can be seen in the implementation of our new Academic Competitiveness Grants.
Aligning high school curriculum with college and workforce needs and requiring a more accurate accounting of high school graduation rates as part of our NCLB reauthorization proposals.
Increasing transparency by passing the President's $25 million pilot program to help states collect and analyze college student data and measure results.
Too many Americans are being left behind at a time when it has never been more important to pursue higher education.
Our responsibility to make sure the higher education system serves every American well.
I'm honored to share this responsibility with you and encouraged that together we can ensure higher education remains the path to the American dream and that all Americans have access to it.
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Posted on April 3, 2007 11:32 PM
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