August 5, 2005

State Higher-Education Officials Are Frustrated by Public Apathy

By KARIN FISCHER

As state higher-education officials from around the nation met here in July, many expressed the view that state lawmakers and the public at large fail to place enough importance on the need to improve colleges. Several speakers here at the annual conference of the State Higher Education Executive Officers called on the group's members to work with elected officials and college educators to define shared higher-education goals and convince the public of their importance.

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