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July 28, 2006

Changes in the Higher Education Commission's Draft Report

Following are some of the items added to, and deleted from, the findings and recommendations sections in a revised draft report released last week by the Commission on the Future of Higher Education.

FINDINGS SECTION

Among additions, the report:

Adds a new section on the importance of higher education in "today's knowledge-driven society." The section focuses on the economic and social benefits of higher education to individuals and society, noting that "the

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