FACT SHEET: President’s Plan to Make College More Affordable: A Better Bargain for the Middle Class

[Tx4obama]

FACT SHEET on the President’s Plan to Make College More Affordable: A Better Bargain for the Middle Class

Here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/22/fact-sheet-president-s-plan-make-college-more-affordable-better-bargain-

p.s. The fact sheet is long and has lots of formatting, so instead of posting it here it would be better to click on the link above and read it over there

[enlightenment]

1. A first response from some in the HE community

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/23/higher-education-leaders-respond-obamas-ambitous-ratings-system-plan

Also pretty long and easier to read in the original format.

[quadrature]

2. 'paying for performance' ...will be politicized and corrupt

sorta like
what NFL team is the best

[davidpdx]

5. Part of the goal with the ratings

is to weed out some of the technical schools that are ripping people off. They are leeching off the system and students end up getting nothing in return except debt.

[Doctor_J]

6. unfortunately those are the ones that have huge lobbying apparatus

and will likely garner exemptions via their corrupt congress.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. More "Race To The Top" Bullsh!t from the Obama Administration!

Enough.

[Doctor_J]

4. sounds like race to the top on steroids

Or at least gone federal. Didn't like it under Bush, don't like it under Obama