Posted on 01/10/2014 12:01:30 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
At the time, the president proposed tying federal aid to the rating system to incentivize schools to help their students graduate with an affordable education.
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will host an event on college affordability next Thursday at the White House.
While White House press secretary Jay Carney did not provide details about the event, it is likely a make-up of a summit with college presidents and members of the private sector that had been planned for early last month.
The White House was forced to scrap that event after the death of South African
President Nelson Mandela, as President Obama was busy traveling to the memorial service in that country.
The event comes amid a broader White House push to emphasize the president's economic agenda before the State of the Union address. At a speech Thursday at the White House, Obama said he would look to “mobilize the country” around ensuring that all Americans had a fair shot of success.
“Anybody in this country who works hard should have a fair shot at success, period,” Obama said. “It doesn't matter where they come from, what region of the country, what they look like, what their last name is, they should be able to succeed.”
Obama also held a speech on unemployment insurance early in the week, and announced that later this month he would host business executives at the White House for separate discussions on worker training programs and partnerships to help the long-term unemployed find work. Obama is also expected to promote high-tech manufacturing programs during a trip to North Carolina on Wednesday.
Before the original higher education event in December, Carney said the day-long conference would focus specifically on aiding “young people from disadvantaged backgrounds” get into and complete college.
“This will include ensuring that we reach disadvantaged students early enough so that they are on a path to succeed in college and in their careers, and to help them wherever possible to match to the colleges where they are most likely to succeed,” Carney said.
In August, the administration announced the creation of a new ranking system designed to tamp down on rapidly escalating tuition costs. The Department of Education ratings grades universities on their value to students, providing applicants with a clearer idea of which schools give students the best bang for their buck.
At the time, the president proposed tying federal aid to the rating system to incentivize schools to help their students graduate with an affordable education.
The president also called for a new $1 billion federal program that would be used to fund new programs designed to help students graduate with less debt.
The White House wants to encourage universities to allow students to take classes at their own pace, complete introductory courses at community colleges, and offer rigorous online degrees.
“The need to rethink and redesign school discipline practices is frankly long overdue,” said Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaking in Baltimore alongside Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. as the two leaders unveiled what were described as the first national guidelines on school discipline.".......
Sounds like he’s trying to get out in front of his State of the Union speech by being able to refer to all these new programs he’s just started up to help the poor/redistribute the wealth or whatever he claims to be trying to do.
The entities mentioned in the Constitution’s Section 8 of Article I which are under the exclusive control of the feds aside, the states have never delegated to Congress, via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for schooling purposes. So the taxpayer dollars that Obama is using to try to buy votes from college students for Democrats with should never have left the states in the first place.
With what?
Yes. He’s giving peeks into the federal cookie jar.
its like the tutu's trying to take over the hutus who were the vast majority...and the they suceeded for a time...
Well if you think you are paranoid I actually think O wants all white people dead.
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