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Could Transparency Bring Economic Diversity?
Richard D. Kahlenberg, New England Board of Education-Connection, 4/1/2007

The Spellings Commission report calls for greater access to higher education for low—and moderate income students, greater transparency in the way higher education works and greater accountability for producing results. These recommendations are all significant in their own right, but the three concepts also converge to provide powerful support for an important new idea: requiring greater transparency and accountability of colleges for whether or not they are honoring a commitment to the American Dream—the ideal that someone from even the most humble background can, through hard work and talent, get a good education and do well in American society. Continue reading PDF document.

 
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