April 8, 2005

Colleges Are Urged to Remain Open to Tracking Students' Progress

By STEPHEN BURD

Colleges should not reject out of hand a U.S. Education Department proposal to create a new national database that would track the progress of every student enrolled in college, a top higher-education advocate told university administrators last week.

Speaking on a panel at the annual meeting here of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president for government and public affairs at the American Council on Education,

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