At the State University of New York’s Buffalo campus today, President Barack Obama outlined a plan to make colleges more affordable and more accountable.
His proposal includes a new system for rating colleges based on a series of factors, including affordability, graduation rate and the average earnings of graduates.
Today is the latest leg of the president’s economy tour — this time by bus — and the speech today is the first in a series about education.
NPR White House correspondent Ari Shapiro joins us to explain what’s different about today’s message from the president, as he continues to court young voters.
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- Ari Shapiro, NPR White House correspondent. He tweets @arishapiro.
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