Ever since the White House introduced its College Scorecard, critics have emerged from every corner (including my colleague Jeff Selingo on this blog yesterday). The Scorecard is incomplete and does not evaluate the proper measures, we are told. Selecting a university and judging quality based on five variables limits and insults what a college education is all about. The data is too general anContinue Reading »

The day after President Obama’s State of the Union address, the administration released a hallmark of his higher education proposals from the night before: the College Scorecard. In the works for about a year, the online tool is meant to provide families with more information about the value and return on investment of the specific college they are considering.

The value of a college’s dContinue Reading »

Where ed chiefs aren’t elected, but appointed. Indiana’s outgoing ed chief Tony Bennett, who was defeated during the November elections, is seeking the top education spot in Florida. (Indianapolis Star)

Try before you pilot. The college scorecard, a proposed online tool meant to help students make smarter decisions about college, needs the input of actual users, not policymakers, argues Continue Reading »

‘The dilemma of academic diversity.’ On today’s anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Mike Petrilli asks how we can better integrate our schools. (Flypaper)

Vital information. The proposed “college scorecard” that aims to give prospective students an idea of college costs lacks one very important piece of information: the average debt per student at graduation. (Inside Higher Ed)Continue Reading »

Even though research has shown that a college education provides enormous individual and public returns on investment, steep tuition increases and a stagnant job market have left students, families, and taxpayers wondering whether a college degree is truly worth it. Why? Although consumers have good data on the value of college degrees in general, they have very little data on the value of specContinue Reading »

While the academy has been arguing about the carrots and sticks of President Obama’s higher education reform package, little attention has been paid to what The Atlantic refers to as the “magnifying glass”—the proposed “College Scorecard” and “Financial Aid Shopping Sheet”.  This is partly because a magnifying glass of sorts already exists. Over the past couple of years, the government has madeContinue Reading »

Nutritional value of college. President Obama’s proposed college “shopping sheet” or “scorecard,” which would include stats like graduation rates or net prices, is meant to help families make smarter decisions—not to punish colleges, argues Derek Thompson, senior editor. (The Atlantic)

Well, hello there. A student teacher has started a tumblr site that featuContinue Reading »