<p>I agree there should be data on outcomes from colleges. I thought there were a fair number of websites already reporting that. Requiring schools to gather and make the info public - and having the govt provide the website are two different things in my view. There are a lot of useful websites out there capable of gathering the data and making it look pretty.</p>
<p>And I agree on concerns about providing funding to schools that have really bad outcomes such as a lot of the for profits. I was scanning around on the collegeresults dot org site the other day and was appalled by the number at for profit schools that had a huge percentage of their students who were Pell recipients. It seemed to me that they were almost setup just to milk that money source.</p>
<p>I think there are useful things the govt can do… this just seemed like grandstanding to me and it felt like another case where an idea really won’t do much and misses some of the real problems - like helping the middle class. I’d rather see tax credits for tuition extended.</p>