Obama-era official highlights 3 ways the Biden administration can improve higher education – Yahoo! Finance
Michael Itzkowitz is the former Director of the College Scorecard under the Obama Administration. He currently works as an education consultant and serves as a Senior Fellow at the think tank Third Way, located in Washington, D.C.
The Trump administration took some meaningful steps to improve the information that students can find before they embark on going to college, one of the most expensive endeavors they will ever undertake.
Unfortunately, many actions taken by the outgoing administration left students less informed and even steer them toward institutions that may ultimately leave them worse off.
As the Obama administration’s Director of the College Scorecard — the federal government’s main college search site — I offer three suggested steps that a Biden administration can take to help students make better college choices, some of which will fix past mistakes, and others of which will continue to build upon improvements that were made over the past few years.
1. Improve college options
College choice is simply easier when there are better options from which to choose.
That’s why reinstating the gainful employment regulations, which were repealed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, is a must for the Biden administration. Putting these back in place will work twofold.