Dive Brief:

• Writing for Forbes, David Skorton and Glenn Altschuler say President Barack Obama's plan to rank colleges is missing some key criteria.
• They say faculty quality, student/faculty ratio and surveys of alumni satisfaction are other elements that should figure into the rankings.
• The two also find flaws with the metrics that are already part of the proposal, such as "average tuition."

Dive Insight:

The two do not come out against a ratings system, but rather argue for better metrics within it. One flaw in particular they see is focusing on graduate earnings, which they argue will lead to a narrow focus on high-paying fields at the expense of a more broad-based education.