Feedback on Ratings, Round 3 - Michael Stratford, Inside Higher Ed

From the moment President Obama called for a federal college ratings system some 18 months ago, colleges and universities have criticized the idea and lobbied against it. But as the Obama administration charges ahead with the proposal -- officials just last week said they’d have a first draft ready by summer -- some higher education groups that had been critical of the plan are, to some extent, beginning to play ball with the Department of Education. Several prominent associations are now offering advice, albeit limited, for how the administration should structure a federal ratings system that they believe, and continue to stress, shouldn’t be built in the first place. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/02/19/some-college-groups-opposed-obama-ratings-plan-offer-ideas-how-structure-system