Obama trying to save y'all from stupid career choices.

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

President Obama has been talking about creating a Consumer Reports-style college ratings system for more than a year. But the effort seemed to get bogged down in politics and a debate over what metrics to include.

Well, in a Saturday surprise, Obama unveiled his new College Scorecard this morning.

"You'll be able to see how much each school's graduates earn, how much debt they graduate with, and what percentage of a school's students can pay back their loans," the president said in his weekly address.

But calling this a scorecard is like calling Mt. Vesuvius a hill; at best, it's an understatement. It's also technically wrong. What the government released today isn't a scorecard at all — it's a data dump of epic proportions.

Here's how it works: You can type in the name of a college here, and the site will tell you lots of old basics, including average annual cost and graduation rate.

But there's also lots of useful, new information. You can now see how much students earn 10 years after entering a school (thanks to a joint effort between the departments of Education and the Treasury). Also accessible for the first time are the percentage of first-generation students at a given school and the percentage of students who repay at least a dollar of principal on their federal loans within three years.

College Scorecard

 

[88m3]

Thanks, Obama.

 

[kav45]

non-stem students gonna be mad

 

[plushcarpet]

in4 wave of feminist backlash

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

This is actually a great idea. Liberal arts folk are going to be furious!

 

[No1]

in4 wave of feminist backlash

What?

 

[Serious]

non-stem students gonna be mad

Smh....

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

non-stem students gonna be mad

like @Poitier but he himself is in STEM

 

[Poitier]

ITT people who can't read

This is to deter for profit schools.

 

[Serious]

like @Poitier but he himself is in STEM

cognitive science is stem?
I thought that was just psychology.....

neuroscience (≠) cognitive science

 

[Poitier]

cognitive science is stem?
I thought that was just psychology.....

neuroscience (≠) cognitive science

No one in 2015 is only in cognitive science or neuroscience

 

[Serious]

No one in 2015 is only in cognitive science or neuroscience

James Holmes was ,
either way it doesn't because A.I. and advanced automation is about to replace everything

 

[TRFG]

I dont agree with this. people should do their own college research

 

[hashmander]

I dont agree with this. people should do their own college research

not when the federal govt/taxpayers end up on the hook for people's choices. at least people won't be able to say "but but nobody told me that my degree wasn't going to be worth shyt from this piece of shyt school".

 

[feelosofer]

I dont agree with this. people should do their own college research

You do realize with this database, it will literally streamline the process something serious, for people looking to go to school. I think it's a brilliant idea if Obama can pull this off and it's rather shameful no one has thought of this sooner. Both Republicans and Democrats should be able to get behind this with no questions asked.