U.S. education official calls on state to step up higher-ed help
An Obama administration official called on state leaders Wednesday to provide "stable and predictable higher-education funding" as one of the ways to ensure all residents earn at least a year of education after high school.
Martha Kanter, undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Education and a key policymaker on higher-education issues in President Obama's administration, spoke during a town hall-style meeting at the University of Washington's Kane Hall to a sympathetic crowd of more than 100 professors, deans, administrators and students.