October 6, 2006

Spellings Lays Out 'Action Plan' for Colleges

By KELLY FIELD

Secretary cites urgent need to track student progress and increase financial aid

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings wasted no time in responding to the final report by her Commission on the Future of Higher Education, announcing her "action plan" in a speech at the National Press Club here last week.

The speech, which came less than a week after Ms. Spellings formally received the report, detailed the first five steps the administration will take to turn the panel's

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