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Obama Dings U.S. News & World Reports 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?"
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-dings-us-news-world-reports-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?"
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-dings-us-news-world-reports-college-rankings
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Obama Dings U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings (Original Post)
ProSense
Aug 2013
OP
leftstreet
(36,116 posts)1. No College Student Left Behind
Every time this administration says "affordable" I cringe
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)2. Hate to tell you, but all of the stuff you want cannot be free
leftstreet
(36,116 posts)3. Unless it's aircraft carriers and fighter jets
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)4. Those aren't free either
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)6. No, but they're just run up on the tab.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)8. It's opposition to: Obama proposes...
anything!
ProSense
(116,464 posts)7. And health care, right? n/t
leftstreet
(36,116 posts)9. If you're impoverished enough it's subsidized
That's true
JustAnotherGen
(31,907 posts)5. Good - and like his plan
US News and World Report is corporate media right? Right. So why should we trust them. . .