Education Dept. Seeks More Student Data

The U.S. Department of Education has found a new way to try to get colleges to provide more data on the cost of attendance and on student-learning outcomes.

While Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings continues to promote legislation to create a national database for tracking the progress of individual students through college, the Education Department is making plans to collect similar information, in summary form, through new federal regulations.

The department's latest

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