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Closing in on the Future of Higher Education

From Institutional Performance:

Secretary Spellings' Commission on the Future of Higher Education recently released its third-draft report (08/03/2006)...The leading sentence in the current report's third recommendation captures succinctly and perfectly the challenge addressed by institutional performance improvement services and the premise of this blog:

"To meet the challenges of the 21st century, higher education must change from a system primarily based on reputation to one based on performance."

http://institutionalperformance.typepad.com/institutional_performance/2006/08/future_of_highe.html

Here is the exact quote from the report:

3. To meet the challenges of the 21st century, higher education must change from a
system primarily based on reputation to one based on performance. We urge the
creation of a robust culture of accountability and transparency throughout higher
education. Every one of our goals, from improving access and affordability to
enhancing quality and innovation, will be more easily achieved if higher education
embraces and implements serious accountability measures.

http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/reports/0803-draft.pdf