Dive Brief:
- Dozens of people spoke to a panel headed by U.S. Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter about unintended consequences of a government college ratings system.
- The meeting Wednesday at California State University, Dominguez Hills was one of four public sessions around the country for the Obama administration to gather feedback on its college plan.
- Kanter told the crowd that the goal of the plan was to use taxpayers' education money wisely and increase affordability of higher education.
Dive Insight:
One professor told the panel that the administration’s approach is flawed. The plan's concepts would promote MOOCs and accelerated degrees that serve the interests of businesses over students. “They are cures worse than the disease,” history professor Kate Fawver said.