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The College Scorecard: KIS-ing in the USA

President Obama announces a higher education initiative which looks a bit familiar   The College Scorecard as it is known has attracted some mixed reviews since it was announced by the President. The Chronicle of Higher Education notes that it is intended to help prospective students but that it doesn’t perhaps do all that is … Continued
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President Obama announces a higher education initiative which looks a bit familiar

 

Wonkhe College Scorecard

The College Scorecard as it is known has attracted some mixed reviews since it was announced by the President. The Chronicle of Higher Education notes that it is intended to help prospective students but that it doesn’t perhaps do all that is claimed:

In his State of the Union address earlier this month, President Obama announced the release of the College Scorecard, a project he first proposed in a speech at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor last year. The interactive online tool provides comparable information on college affordability and value, to help students and families figure out “where you can get the most bang for your education buck,” the president said.

Most interestingly it bears some quite striking similarities to the Key Information Set, recently established in England, ostensibly to aid student decision-making about higher education choices:

Graduate salary information
Graduate salary information
Finance information
Finance information

And as an earlier post on Unistats and KIS noted, that isn’t necessarily a good thing.

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