Editor’s Note: This issue of UPDATE focuses on the final report from the Spellings Commission. This initiative by the Secretary of Education was the Administration's first serious look at U.S. higher education. The final report of the Commission titled, A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education, focused on four major issues for undergraduate education: Accessibility, Accountability, Affordability, and Quality. This issue of UPDATE focuses on those four themes and includes a compelling interview with Dr. Charlene Nunley, the only community college representative on the Commission.

The Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) was established in 1989 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Our primary mission is to provide research, leadership, and service to community college leaders and assist in improving the quality of education in the Illinois community college system. Projects of this office are supported by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), and are closely coordinated with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), along with other state, federal, and private and not-for-profit organizations. The contents of the UPDATE newsletter do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of OCCRL, the ICCB, or the ISBE.

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Debra D. Bragg, Ph.D., Director, OCCRL and Professor, UIUC
Catherine Kirby, Ed.M., Assistant Director, UIUC
Judith A. Sunderman, MBA, UPDATE Spring 2007 Editor and Graduate Research Assistant, UIUC
Linda Iliff, UPDATE Production Manager and Administrative Assistant, UIUC

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