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Resources on the Commission on the Future of Higher Education

AAUP Policy Statements, Reports, & Analysis

Statement of the AAUP's Committee on Government Relations regarding the report A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U. S. Higher Education.

AAUP Testimony & Letters to the Commission

Letter from AAUP general secretary. April 14, 2006. Roger Bowen to commission about issue paper on college costs.

Testimony of Professor Edward Marth. February 7, 2006. Boston commission meeting.

Testimony of Professor Galya Diment.  February 7, 2006. Seattle commission meeting.  

Letter from AAUP general secretary. December 28, 2005. General secretary Roger Bowen to commission. 

From Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP

Opinions expressed in Academe's contributed feature articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the policies of the AAUP.

Columns

I’ve Seen the Future. May-June 2006. By Mark F. Smith. Government Relations. 

Feature Articles & News

Federal Commission Issues Disappointing Report. November-December 2006. By Gwendolyn Bradley

Federal Panel Paper Blames Faculty for High Costs. May-June 2006. By Gwen Bradley.  Nota Bene.

Testimony Given at Government Hearing. March-April 2006. By Gwen Bradley.

Government to Set Goals for Higher Education. January-February 2006. By Wendi Maloney.

Other Background Materials

The Flawed Metaphor of the Spellings Summit, Inside Higher Ed, 4/5/07
Explaining the Accreditation Debate, Inside Higher Ed, 3/29/07
Who's Who at the Spellings Summit, Inside Higher Ed, 3/20/07
Stacking the Deck?, Inside Higher Ed, 5/1/07

For a complete list of meetings, issue papers, and other commission activities, visit the commission’s Web site.

(updated 12/07)

Inside this section

  • AAUP Statement on Spellings Commission Report – Beginning from erroneous premises, the report of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education creates a false sense of crisis in its call for reforms. Its recommendations ignore the institutional foundation and public purpose of higher education in a democratic society. (9/26/2006)
  • Letter to commission chair Charles Miller – In this letter to the chair of the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, AAUP general secretary Roger Bowen strongly critiques an issue paper about college affordability presented to the commission by Robert C. Dickeson. (4/14/2006)
  • Testimony by Professor Edward Marth – Professor Edward Marth, executive director of the University of Connecticut's AAUP chapter, testified before the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education ("The Spellings Commission"). He called for more access to higher education and specifically access to Pell grants to help the non-wealthy attain college degrees. (3/21/2006)
  • Resources on the Commission on the Future of Higher Education