October 29, 2004

Candidates Urged to Focus on Education

By JEFFREY SELINGO

With the presidential election looming, six major higher-education associations have sent a joint letter to the campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, urging the candidates to speak out about key areas in which the federal government could play a role in strengthening the nation's colleges.

The letter lays out many of the same policies that the associations have advocated on Capitol Hill as Congress prepares to extend the Higher Education Act, the law that governs most

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