And Now For Something Different

It has not received much attention because what little light has been cast on education during the campaign has been directed at No Child Left Behind, but Senator Kerry has put forward a pretty robust set of proposals around higher education.

Most interesting, in Eduwonk’s view, are Kerry’s service for tuition swap and plans to simply the student aid application process.

More on national service here.

President Bush’s plan? We’re doing NCLB, you can’t expect us to do higher ed, too!?!?

Actually, they have a very little bit here, scroll down.

Update: Here is some attention! US News writes up the candidates’ ideas on higher ed here.