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Higher Education- America's Secret for Higher Success
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to address the U.S. Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education in Nashville, Tennessee. I offered the commission six suggestions on how we can take our country's remarkable system of higher education -- the best in the world -- and strengthen it so it can play a pivotal role in helping Americans keep good-paying jobs in the United States.
The fifth of the six suggestions that I offered the commission was to put a spotlight on the greatest disappointment in higher education today: colleges of education.
"At a time when America's schools face a critical demand for effective principals and superintendents, the majority of programs that prepare school leaders range in quality from inadequate to poor." Those are not my words, but those of a new report by Arthur Levine, the president of 麻豆原创.
This article, written by Senator Alexander, appeared in the December 16th, 2005 publication of The Chattanoogan.com.
Published Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005