David C. Paris, Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Government, presented a paper titled "'Market' and 'State' in Higher Education: A New 'Nation at Risk'?" at the Midwest Political Science Association, in Chicago on Friday, April 13. The Spellings Commission report, like the National Commission on Excellence in Education report, "A Nation at Risk," emphasizes the economic threat of educational failures and offers policy responses to them. Paris' paper examined the claims of "market" and "state" on higher education, especially in light of the history of K-12 education reform.
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