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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Thu Aug 22, 2013, 01:58 PM Aug 2013

Obama Dings U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings

Obama Dings U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings

President Barack Obama on Thursday took a swipe at private college rating systems, singling out the U.S. News & World Report as he announced a new plan for a federal college rating system based on affordability that seeks to eventually tie taxpayer dollars to rankings.

"Right now, private rankings like the U.S. News & World Report puts out each year encourage colleges to game the numbers and rewards them in some cases for costs," Obama told students at the University of Buffalo in New York. "Are they helping students from all kinds of backgrounds succeed?"

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Obama Dings U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings (Original Post) ProSense Aug 2013 OP
No College Student Left Behind leftstreet Aug 2013 #1
Hate to tell you, but all of the stuff you want cannot be free Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #2
Unless it's aircraft carriers and fighter jets leftstreet Aug 2013 #3
Those aren't free either Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #4
No, but they're just run up on the tab. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #6
It's opposition to: Obama proposes... ProSense Aug 2013 #8
And health care, right? n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #7
If you're impoverished enough it's subsidized leftstreet Aug 2013 #9
Good - and like his plan JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #5

JustAnotherGen

(31,907 posts)
5. Good - and like his plan
Thu Aug 22, 2013, 02:09 PM
Aug 2013

US News and World Report is corporate media right? Right. So why should we trust them. . .

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