Some Colleges Were Left Out of Obama’s New College Scorecard
27th September 2015
Even the Washington Post noticed….
“Americans will now have access to reliable data on every institution of higher education,” President Obama said in his weekly address when he announced the interactive Web site on Sept. 12.
Every institution?
Some college officials questioned that claim this week because their institutions were not included in the comparison tool.
Goodness, how did that happen? Everything this administration does it does so very well….
Some advocates quickly noted that the omissions seemed to be from among the nation’s conservative-leaning schools, such as Grove City College, Christendom College and Hillsdale College, which since the mid-1980s has refused to accept money from state or federal government, including grants or loans to students, and which does not report racial demographics to the federal government as required under the Title IV federal financial aid program.
“In response to our inquiry, the Department informed us that the site is limited only to Title IV participating institutions,” McNulty, of Grove City, said.
If you don’t take government money and touch the government bases, you’re not a “real” college. My, what a surprise! Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
They are concerned, he said: “However well-intentioned, the Scorecard as it exists now is incomplete and does not fully disclose comprehensive data that families need to make informed decisions. For now, the Department should, at the very least, include a disclaimer that the Scorecard is not comprehensive or reflective of all college and universities.”
Don’t hold your breath…
“With the College Scorecard, the Department is committed to doing what the president asked us to do: provide information to families and consumers to help them make a college choice that’s smart for them. As of now, institutions that do not participate in Title IV federal financial aid are not included on the site because they are not required to send us data. The Department is listening closely to concerns from users and other stakeholders and will work to address those concerns in future updates to the tool.”
In other words: Suck on it, whiners. We’re the government, and we do it our way.
Hillsdale College released a statement Monday, concerned that when their campus student newspaper asked why the college was not included in the Scorecard they were told it was because “‘the plurality of degrees it awards are certificates, not two-year or four-year degrees, it was not included on the Scorecard at launch.’ This statement is false. … Contrary to the Department of Education’s spokeswoman, Hillsdale issues only four-year undergraduate degrees as well as master’s degrees, and does not issue certificates of any kind for academic credit.”
‘It’s our Party and we’ll lie if we want to, lie if we want to, lie if we want to….’