From Inside Higher Ed:
The Association of American Universities has issued a thorough critique of the second draft report by the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education. Robert M. Berdahl, president of the association of 60 of the country’s leading public and private research institutions, says that the group’s members agree with much of the draft report’s overall points, but bemoan its lack of attention to higher education’s research and graduate education missions and its emphasis on preparing students for the work force. “America values higher education not only because it qualifies students for jobs but because it enriches their intellects and makes them better citizens,” the AAU document says
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