March 8, 2002

Colleges Catch a Glimpse of Bush Policy on Higher Education, and Aren't Pleased

By STEPHEN BURD

The Bush administration is considering new efforts to monitor colleges' graduation rates and to hold down college costs -- and higher-education officials don't like the way the plans are developing.

These proposals are in a draft of the Education Department's new "strategic plan," which was released last month. The draft outlines the administration's policy goals for improving elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education over the next five years. Department officials are

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