Obama College-Cost Plan Aims to Go Beyond Access
Assuring best value would prove crucial to campus-based aid
President Barack Obama's aggressive basket of proposals aimed at helping college students get maximum value in the face of soaring tuition costs signals an economy-conscious shift in the administration's approach to higher education policy.
The Obama administration had focused mainly on access for those moving beyond the K-12 system—ensuring that students can cover the cost of college as more careers demand a postsecondary education. But the administration is now pushing a set of proposals that would steer a greater share of federal money to states—and institutions—that are able to graduate students and prepare them for the workforce.
For the administration, "quality has been assumed" up to now, said Kevin Carey, the policy director for Education Sector, a think tank in Washington. The latest proposals "mark a shift in federal policymaking," he said. "It sends a signal about the Obama administration's larger stance on the traditional education sector. ... They can't just...
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