More Metrics, More Problems: Breaking Down Obama’s College-Ratings Plan

By Katherine Mangan and Beckie Supiano. President Obama’s controversial college-ratings plan has spawned 16 months of intense debate, much of it centering on one key question: What measures would factor into the ratings?
On Friday the Education Department released a "framework" outlining what the system might eventually look like. The new information is unlikely to quell the controversy: It’s heavy on possibilities and light on details. More...