Duncan in the Hot Seat over College Regulations - Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed

Congressional Republicans lobbed criticism at the Obama administration’s regulatory approach to higher education Tuesday, with tough questions for Education Secretary Arne Duncan about the proposed college ratings system and gainful employment regulations. Duncan appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and the Workforce to discuss the president’s $67 billion discretionary budget request for education. While most of the lengthy, wide-ranging hearing was about K-12, there were a few fireworks over higher education. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/30/republicans-spar-administration-over-gainful-employment-and-college-ratings#sthash.0zPOxsWt.dpbs