Comments on: Margaret Spellings’ Plan for Higher Ed: Standardizing College, Putting Salary Outcomes on a Pedestal http://www.erelevant.net/2006/09/27/margaret-spellings-plan-for-higher-ed-standardizing-college-putting-salary-outcomes-on-a-pedestal/ A blog about electronic marketing, culture, and life on the digital frontier. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:06:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Westervelt http://www.erelevant.net/2006/09/27/margaret-spellings-plan-for-higher-ed-standardizing-college-putting-salary-outcomes-on-a-pedestal/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Rob Westervelt Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:46:00 +0000 http://www.erelevant.net/?p=40#comment-93 Morgan, you hit the nail on the head here: "Let’s think about the proposed tracking database and the publicly-displayed analysis drawn from it. How will a successful college experience be measured and by whose criteria?" Did Spellings forget what it's like to shop for a college? People use choice sets to select colleges and those choice sets differ from person to person. A government proposed criteria would too easily exclude certian preferences from the college choice set. If this were to happen, I could see government relations taking on a whole new meaning for colleges. Schools would start lobbying the government to speak into the system-- that's is, those schools that could afford lobbyists. I think we have enough politics in higher ed already! Morgan, you hit the nail on the head here:
“Let’s think about the proposed tracking database and the publicly-displayed analysis drawn from it. How will a successful college experience be measured and by whose criteria?”

Did Spellings forget what it’s like to shop for a college? People use choice sets to select colleges and those choice sets differ from person to person. A government proposed criteria would too easily exclude certian preferences from the college choice set. If this were to happen, I could see government relations taking on a whole new meaning for colleges. Schools would start lobbying the government to speak into the system– that’s is, those schools that could afford lobbyists. I think we have enough politics in higher ed already!

]]> By: Elaine Nelson http://www.erelevant.net/2006/09/27/margaret-spellings-plan-for-higher-ed-standardizing-college-putting-salary-outcomes-on-a-pedestal/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Elaine Nelson Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:59:10 +0000 http://www.erelevant.net/?p=40#comment-92 preach it! ;) and I too am annoyed with the emphasis on parents as the people shopping for education. I picked my college (admittedly on really shallow criteria) and was responsible for financing it. not to mention the complete avoidance of the "non-traditional" student, which at the community college level is something we see a lot of. I've had 3 assistants who graduated from the college, only one of whom was a traditional-age graduate. preach it! ;)

and I too am annoyed with the emphasis on parents as the people shopping for education. I picked my college (admittedly on really shallow criteria) and was responsible for financing it. not to mention the complete avoidance of the “non-traditional” student, which at the community college level is something we see a lot of. I’ve had 3 assistants who graduated from the college, only one of whom was a traditional-age graduate.

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