Dive Brief:

• A Wednesday forum in California will be the first of four public sessions nationwide to gather input on the president's plan for a college ratings system.
• The score card would be developed for the 2015 school year using measures such as the percentage of low-income students, graduation rates and graduates' incomes.
• The administration has already been gathering input from higher-education officials; Berkeley's chancellor was in Washington recently.

Dive Insight:

As the feedback process moves along, Congress is weighing the Higher Education Act. These two processes have the biggest potential to reshape the federal government's relationship with higher education. Need a refresher on the pros and cons of Obama's higher education proposal? We've got you covered.