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Weekly Education News Wrap-Up: Feb. 6th

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As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug
Yahoo! News
Justin Pope of the Associated Press points out that, while the ever-competitive best colleges lists from U.S. News & World Report are reportedly for the benefit of prospective students and their parents, it’s the colleges themselves that obsess over the rankings, oftentimes stooping to questionable and flat-out wrong practices in order to boost their spot.

Going to College – What a Concept
Forbes
Contributer Brad Peters analyzes the higher education crisis from all angles, comparing it to the housing and dot-com bubbles that have collapses in recent years. Peters points out the value that the U.S. currently has in having such an established network of universities and colleges across the nation and how current practices and scandals are poised to ruin it.

Some colleges cut tuition, hasten graduation
Chicago Tribune
Some colleges didn’t need President Obama’s proposed plans to withhold financial aid from institutions that can’t cut or cap tuition in order to inspire them to make big changes. Schools like University of Charleston, Cabrini College and Midland University have already put drastic counter-measures into place, some managing to cut tuition by as much as 20%, others promising students will graduate in four years or the college will pick up the tab on additional studies.

College: Just a six-figure day care?
Los Angeles Times
After NYU professor Jonanthan Zimmerman’s op-ed piece questioned whether or not college students were learning provoked equally opinionated responses, the Times gathered a sampling of the comments that highlight the general consensus from readers: College is an expensive waste of time, in particular “fluffy” liberal arts majors.

Reining [sic] in College Tuition
New York Times
This op-ed piece throws its vote behind Obama’s proposed plans to tie federal aid to their ability to control tuition, despite negative reactions from the colleges themselves. The writers point out the particular benefit of the scoreboard that would be required where colleges would have to report actual costs, graduation rates and potential earnings for incoming students.

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