Contact the Spellings Commission

Mary L. Fifield, President of Bunker Hill Community College, spoke with the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the future of Higher Education on Monday, March 20, 2006. The text of her remarks is available on the AACC web page, (you can go directly there by clicking http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Template.cfm?section=GovernmentRelations&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=16111 (please forgive my technological ineptitude – I’ll learn to make better links some day…..)

Generally, I think her comments accurately reflected the mission and distinctive character of two-year colleges. However, it would be even better if the Spellings Commission were able to hear comments from many of us. We need to communicate our concerns and the ways community colleges are distinct institutions within higher education.

To add your voice, you can attend one of the regional meetings the commission is holding around the country. The next public hearing of the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 6 and 7.

There is more information at the NCTE Action Alert website http://www.ncte.org/about/issues/action/alerts/124274.htm