A Stinging First Draft Published: Sunday, January 1, 2006 Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports Author(s) and Contributors: Author(s): Doug Lederman Source(s) and Collection(s): Sources(s): Community ParentTopics: Higher Education Transformation Institutional Management Abstract The article gives a summary of the 27-page preliminary Spellings report on the state of higher education according to the U.S. Department of Education. The report is considered to be primarily critical of U.S. higher education. Download Resources Access HTML Access HTML Spellings Commission Report