U.S. Education Secretary Appoints Members and Chair of New Committee on Measures of Student Success

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the appointment of the 15 members and chairperson to serve on the Committee on Measures of Student Success (CMSS). Created under the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the committee will develop recommendations for two-year degree-granting institutions of higher education to comply with the law's graduation and completion rate disclosure requirements. 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.

Margarita Benitez, senior associate at Excelencia in Education (Washington, D.C.) will serve on the committee that consists of 14 members from around the country.