Higher Education Report Jibes With U.S. Panel's Work
Just as the Department of Education is preparing its own prescription for improving the nation’s higher education system, a report issued Sept. 7 finds that the United States is slipping behind other countries in its rates of college enrollment and completion.
The “Measuring Up 2006” report, released here by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, a nonprofit organization based in San Jose, Calif., finds that while the United States still leads the world in the proportion of people ages 35 to 64 with a degree from a two- or four-year college, it ranks seventh on that measure for 25- to 34-year-olds.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, appearing at the press conference with the presenters of the report, said there was “much alignment” between the report’s findings and the suggestions of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, a federal panel that she has established to make long-term recommendations for...
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