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Release of Measuring Up 2008:
The National Report Card on Higher Education
San Jose, CA., and Washington, D.C.-The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education will release Measuring Up 2008, the national and state-by-state report card on higher education, on December 3, 2008. Measuring Up is the biennial report on key indicators of performance and progress in American higher education. The study will provide new information about how the states are performing and their progress over the last eight years, and give an in-depth analysis on college access, affordability and completion rates.
An invitational symposium at the National Press Club convened by James B. Hunt Jr., former governor of North Carolina and chair of the National Center's Board of Directors, will launch a national discussion of the findings and their implications for the nation and the states.
Measuring Up 2008 will be available on the National Center's Web site, www.highereducation.org, on December 3.
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The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. It is not affiliated with any institution of higher education or with any government agency. The purpose of the National Center's studies and reports is to stimulate public policies that will improve the effectiveness and accessibility of higher education.
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