Professor Obama grades U.S. colleges, finds it tests him

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The system has more support among public universities.

Students and families should have better data to allow them to make meaningful comparisons, said David Hopkins, president of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He said current measures focus more on selectivity and a college’s wealth.

“Why are we perpetuating metrics that aren’t relevant to the needs of the 21st century?” Hopkins said.

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