On Wednesday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the 15 members of the new Committee on Measures of Student Success which will advise the Secretary in assisting two-year degree-granting institutions of higher education in meeting the completion or graduation rate disclosure requirements outlined in section 485 of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. The committee will also develop recommendations regarding additional or alternate measures of student success that are comparable alternatives to the completion or graduation rates, taking into account the mission and role of two-year degree-granting higher education institutions. These recommendations will be submitted to the Secretary within 18 months of the first meeting of the Committee.
The panel will be chaired by Thomas Bailey, professor of economics and education at Columbia University’s Teachers College and head of the Community College Research Center. The other members are:
- Margarita Benitez, senior associate, Excelencia in Education
- Wayne Burton, president, North Shore Community College
- Kevin Carey, policy director, Education Sector
- Alisa Federico Cunningham, vice president, Institute for Higher Education Policy
- Jacob Fraire, assistant vice president for educational alliances, Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
- Isabel Friedman, student, University of Pennsylvania
- Millie Garcia, president, California State University at Dominguez Hills
- Sharon Kristovich, higher education consultant
- Harold Levy, managing director, Palm Ventures; former chancellor of New York City Public Schools
- Geri Palast, executive director, Campaign for Fiscal Equity
- Patrick Perry, vice chancellor, California Community College System
- Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, deputy director, MDRC
- Linda Thor, chancellor, De Anza College
- Belle Wheelan, president, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges
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