School daze.

• Author: Embry, Robert, Jr.
• Position: Letters

Thank you for your excellent article on U.S. colleges and universities ("Broken Ranks," September 2001). As past president of state and city boards of education and president of a foundation largely devoted to pre-college education, it has troubled me that, unlike K-12 schools, colleges and universities offer no information as to the job they are doing in educating undergraduates. In addition to U.S. News, pressure for such information could be exerted by ongress (a condition for receiving federal loans and grants) and/or state commissions of higher education, which could require it.

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