Obama’s Ratings for Higher Ed — from insidehighered.com by Scott Jaschik
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
WASHINGTON — President Obama appears to be making good on his vow to propose a “shake-up” for higher education.
Early Thursday, he released a plan that would:
- Create a new rating system for colleges in which they would be evaluated based on various outcomes…
- Link student aid to these ratings…
- Create a new program that would give colleges a “bonus” if they enroll large numbers of students eligible for Pell Grants.
- Toughen requirements on students receiving aid.
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The White House also said President Obama is “challenging” colleges to “adopt one or more” of practices he called “promising” to “offer breakthroughs on cost, quality or both.” Among them: competency-based learning that moves away from seat time, course redesign (including massive open online courses), the use of technology for student services, and more efforts to recognize prior learning.
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