The U.S. Department of Education will hold a public forum at UC Davis from 10 to 11:30 a.m. today in the Mondavi Center as part of a national effort to gather feedback to President Barack Obama’s proposed college rating system.I would be suspicious, at the very least.
Obama’s plan would rate colleges on a variety of factors, including tuition, graduation rates, student debt loads and how much money graduates earn. Performance on those indicators could eventually determine how federal financial-aid dollars are divvied up, though Obama would first have to secure congressional approval.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Obameducation
If you were a university administrator would you trust this idea from the president?
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Wouldn't trust him any further than I could throw him, and I throw like a girl.
It is time, as Glenn Reynolds proposes, to hire adjunct administrators.
Why would he need to secur Congressional approval? Doesn't he just do whatever he wants? On a more broad level, upon what basis does the Federal government base its concern for higher education? Or any education? It's a state issue ... if that. And, back in my day? Students actually researched colleges ... and, UC s wer about 1500 bucks a year, because they were actually subsidized by a state that recognized that higher education was a good thing, and didn't let anyone who applied get in.
Nah, that type of program wouldn't be fraught with cronyism and kickbacks for good ratings. Everyone will be open and honest in their assessments ensuring that West Point will be ranked number one in all categories.
The lawsuits would never end because how you weight the variables would determine the outcome. No institution will agree that a weighting scheme that favors the competition is fair.
First, sorry about my lack of 'e's ... I do know how to spell, but I can't touch type, didn't proofread, and my 'e' key appears to be sticking... Steve USMA ...I don't know West Point, but I do know Darren, and I wouldn't disagree with you. The larger point, though, is that there really isn't any way to compare universities ... which relates directly to Darren's more recent post on teachers ... you have different groups of people. A university like West Point, which gets to select the best from the best, and offers full scholarships, would obviously be near the top. Why not just set standards for public universities, subsidize them fairly enough that those who qualify can afford them, and then offer alternatives for students who don't qualify? CA was able to do so in the past ... the problem is we expect that everyone should be able to go to college, and that costs more. Particularly if you need to spend time teaching them to be able to do basic algebra and write a coherent sentence...
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