{"id":41932,"date":"2013-08-22T14:44:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T18:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=41932"},"modified":"2013-08-22T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T18:50:13","slug":"obamas-ratings-for-higher-ed-jaschik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/08\/22\/obamas-ratings-for-higher-ed-jaschik\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s Ratings for Higher Ed [Jaschik]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2013\/08\/22\/president-obama-proposes-link-student-aid-new-ratings-colleges#.UhZbhD_lc94\" target=\"_blank\">Obama&#8217;s Ratings for Higher Ed<\/a> <\/strong>&#8212; from insidehighered.com by Scott Jaschik<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">WASHINGTON &#8212; President Obama appears to be making good on his vow to propose a &#8220;shake-up&#8221; for higher education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Early Thursday, he released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/08\/22\/fact-sheet-president-s-plan-make-college-more-affordable-better-bargain-\" target=\"_blank\">a plan<\/a> that would:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a new rating system for colleges in which they would be evaluated based on various outcomes&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Link student aid to these ratings&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Create a new program that would give colleges a &#8220;bonus&#8221; if they enroll large numbers of students eligible for Pell Grants.<\/li>\n<li>Toughen requirements on students receiving aid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The White House also said President Obama is &#8220;challenging&#8221; colleges to &#8220;adopt one or more&#8221; of practices he called &#8220;promising&#8221; to <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8220;offer breakthroughs on cost, quality or both.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p -><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/08\/22\/fact-sheet-president-s-plan-make-college-more-affordable-better-bargain-\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41935\" alt=\"ShakingUpHigherEd-Barack-Obama-August-22-2013\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ShakingUpHigherEd-Barack-Obama-August-22-2013.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ShakingUpHigherEd-Barack-Obama-August-22-2013.jpg 666w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ShakingUpHigherEd-Barack-Obama-August-22-2013-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama&#8217;s Ratings for Higher Ed &#8212; from insidehighered.com by Scott Jaschik Excerpt (emphasis DSC): WASHINGTON &#8212; President Obama appears to be making good on his vow to propose a &#8220;shake-up&#8221; for higher education. 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