College-Rating System Will Go Forward, Duncan Says
By Mark Keierleber
Chronicle of Higher Education

May 1, 2014

Washington

The U.S. Department of Education plans to continue its push for a college-rating system, even if Congress doesn’t shell out the $10-million the agency is requesting to develop the program and put it in place.

The Obama administration requested $82.3-billion for the department in the 2015 fiscal year, which begins on October 1. The amount is $1.3-billion more than the current year’s budget, an increase that is second only to the Department of Veterans Affairs. A line item in the department’s request says it would use $10-million to support “further development and refinement of a new college-rating system.”

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