Will President Obama's Meeting With College Presidents Lead To Higher Ed Reforms

At a meeting with college leaders this week, President Barack Obama was looking for ideas. Amid record budget deficits, can Washington actually do anything to help make American colleges less expensive and more productive? Those related challenges are front and center for everyone from Occupy protesters to business leaders concerned about American competitiveness. And expert opinion on what Obama — or any president — can do about the problem varies, from very little to quite a lot. Participants in the White House meeting on Monday said there's clear interest in better leveraging that money to encourage reforms at the state and institutional level — reforms like performance funding, giving students incentives to stay tightly on their academic track without taking extra courses, and redesigning the giant introductory classes where students often get lost and never recover. Read more at:
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