Dive Summary:
- President Barack Obama's proposal to control college costs calls for tying federal funding to a government rating of colleges and universities, but there's a big outstanding question: What would that rating system look like?
- Obama has laid out his plan, but with many of the specifics still to be sorted out, Republicans have only begun to weigh in, something that will need to happen before anything comes out of Congress.
- As with many other government programs, one big question may trump them all: Where will the money come from?
From the article:
... The upshot is that a lot of the talk makes sense. No matter which side of the aisle you’re on, it makes sense to reward colleges that do a good job and not reward those that do a poor job. It makes sense to institute education reforms that benefit students. It makes sense to get rid of bad teachers. But it remains to be seen just how much agreement the administration can rally. The devil really is in the details. ...
