Q&A: Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Discusses the Impact of Her Commission

Back in 2005, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings created a commission to craft a vision for the future of higher education. These days, she's running her own public-policy consulting firm and serving as a senior adviser to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Chronicle caught up with her this month.

Q. The commission found that higher education in the United States needs to improve in "dramatic ways," changing from a system primarily based on reputation to one

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