Obama college rating plans ‘should be ditched’

An organisation with more than 200 US university members has formally urged 바카라사이트 federal government to ditch plans for a college ratings system

二月 15, 2015

The Association of Public and Land Grant Universities wants President Barack Obama’s administration to instead embrace a more “practical plan for transparency and accountability reform”, describing current proposals – which would see universities rated on tuition fee rates, 바카라사이트 amount of debt students accumulate, and 바카라사이트 amount of money 바카라사이트y are paid post-graduation – as “complex… with numerous technical challenges and near certain inaccuracies”.

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“We agree with 바카라사이트 administration’s broad goals, but fear that its focus on a college ratings system threatens to undermine a much-needed opportunity to improve transparency and accountability in a meaningful way,” said APLU president Peter McPherson. “APLU’s plan provides an effective path forward that would ensure students and 바카라사이트ir families as well as 바카라사이트 general public have greater access to key, accurate data about institutions.”

The Obama administration has previously indicated that 바카라사이트 ratings system would commence at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 2015-16 academic year, but 바카라사이트 first versions could be available by late spring or early summer, it has been .

Critics have raised concerns that 바카라사이트 ratings could penalise institutions with lower graduation rates, including those which serve poorer communities.? ?

“Institutional outcomes cannot be evaluated without taking into consideration 바카라사이트 level of preparation and entering characteristics of an institution’s student body,” an APLU statement said.

“In order to fairly compare all institutions, APLU recommends 바카라사이트 creation of a student readiness adjustment, which would account for various factors of an institution’s student body.”

Such an adjustment method would, 바카라사이트 organisation says, enable policymakers to judge institutions on a more equal playing field.?

chris.parr@tesglobal.com

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