Government to review Colleges

Parents Forum
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<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/10/18/spellings.colleges.ap/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/10/18/spellings.colleges.ap/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>My favorite quote from the article talking about DOE Secretary Margaret Spellings:</p>

<p>“Part of Spellings’ motivation is personal. She recently went through the college selection process with her oldest daughter and realized how confusing it is for families.”</p>

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<p>ED not DOE. DOE is the Department of Energy.</p>

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<p>“We can’t afford to leave the future of our nation’s higher education community to chance.”</p>

<p>Really scary big government!!! What about the tens of thousands who are employed in higher education. Many of them are actually pretty smart and committed to providing and improving education. This individual is supposed to be in a key government position and just realized they don’t have a clue.</p>

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<p>She is concerned because she heard a rumor that admission to elite schools depended on the ability to pay, and also was random!</p>