Federal Panel Releases Papers on Its Key Ideas.

The article reports that the U.S. Commission on the Future of Higher Education has released a series of papers on key topics, including accountability, accreditation, college costs, and consumer information, that are meant to assist the panel as it prepares to deliver its final report to the education secretary, Margaret Spellings, by August 1, 2006. In an e-mail message announcing the release of the papers, the Education Department said they are not formal recommendations by the commission, but are intended to spur discussion.