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Prose and Politics (Inside Higher Ed)

As college officials, higher ed policy wonks and other interested observers digested
a draft report released late Monday by the federal higher education commission, some of them focused on ideas that should have been included but werenââ?¬â?¢t. Others analyzed the reportââ?¬â?¢s political prospects. But again and again, virtually all of them returned to the paperââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å?toneââ?¬Â ââ?¬â? which partisans of higher education found distasteful (or worse) but others suggested was purposely designed to create a sense of public urgency about the problems facing academe and the country.