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« The door out of Darfur | Main | The speed of internet light » Wednesday, November 29, 2006Secretary of Education fact-checkedThis is a very nice gotcha story, courtesy of Inside Higher Ed. The Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, has lately been complaining that colleges, and even her own department, have not provided college applicants and their families with enough information about such things as the degrees that institutions offer, time-to-degree, cost, and whether students receive useful training for the job market. Her stock speech usually goes like this: The absence of information means we can't answer basic questions families have during the college selection process. For example, how long will it take to get a degree? Will this institution prepare me for the field I want to work in? And how much is this education really going to cost? When my daughter applied to college two years ago, I found it challenging to get the answers I needed. And I'm the secretary of education! Sounds pretty bad. But actually, Inside Higher Ed points out, almost all that information is available right on the Department of Education's Web site. The article is called "Right Under Her Nose?" Posted by Christopher Shea at 11:33 AM
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