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Dive Brief:

• Congressional Republicans are gearing up their opposition to the Obama college ratings plan, even before the details of the plan are revealed.
• Politico details the “outraged” reactions of GOP senators and representatives who were denouncing idea of having the U.S. Department of Education rate colleges, and steer funding based on those ratings, before the White House announced its ratings “framework” on Friday.
• Because of the Republican opposition, the Obama administration won’t be able to accomplish its ultimate goal of tying some of the $150 billion in federal financial aid to the ratings, rewarding the best-rated colleges and punishing the lowest-rated schools.

Dive Insight:

Opposition to the ratings plan is probably the reason why the Department of Education has been so short on specifics, even though the ratings are supposed to be implemented by the fall of 2015. Among the higher education trade associations lobbying against the ratings are the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and the American Council on Education.

GOP leaders in both the House of Representatives and Senate are planning to cut off funding for the college ratings. According to Friday’s announcement by the Obama administration, metrics that might be used in the ratings include the average net price for each college, their students’ completion rates, the percentage of their students receiving Pell Grants, labor-market outcomes for graduates, and loan-repayment rates.

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