February 23, 2007

New Education Department Official Says She'll Work to Raise Profile of Community Colleges

By ELYSE ASHBURN

Raising the profile of community colleges will be one of the top priorities of the new senior official in charge of two-year institutions at the U.S. Education Department.

In order to do that, Patricia Stanley, the agency's new deputy assistant secretary for community colleges, told a group of college leaders meeting in Washington last week, she plans not only to "preach to the choir" but also to talk to groups of business leaders, four-year college officials, elementary- and

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