September 1, 2006

Having Judged States' Performance on Higher Education, a Research Group Will Grade Itself

By SARA HEBEL

A California-based nonprofit group that grades the states on how well they provide their residents with a higher education is getting ready to grade itself — a thorough self-evaluation that might result in its closure.

Beginning in January, board members and financial supporters of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education will undertake a "very serious reassessment" of the nonpartisan entity, said Patrick M. Callan, its president, in an interview last