September 26, 2006
Secretary of Education Will Propose More U.S. Aid for Students and a Database to Track Their Progress in College
Washington
In a widely anticipated speech today, the U.S. secretary of education, Margaret Spellings, will lay out an "action plan" for higher education that will call for the creation of a controversial database to track students' academic progress, increased spending on need-based student aid, and more accountability for colleges, particularly on rising costs.
The speech, to be given at the National Press Club here, comes in response to a report submitted
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