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Re:The Student Loan Debt Crisis Is About to Get Worse by nradov on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @12:38PM (#18240799)
I'd like to see the Department of Education publish some basic statistics for each college and major showing how many graduates get a job in their chosen field within a year, average starting salary, and average total loan balance at graduation. At least then prospective borrowers would have some realistic data to evaluate whether an investment in education makes sense from a financial standpoint.
Re:The Student Loan Debt Crisis Is About to Get Worse by dwater on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @01:42PM (#18241471)
They do publish information of that sort, beginning during the Obama administration:

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/search/?name=university%20of...

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/09/obamas...

Re:The Student Loan Debt Crisis Is About to Get Worse by dragonwriter on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @01:36PM (#18241412)
Under Obama, the DoE started in that direction with it's rating system which covered more dimensions but only at an institution rather than individual major level.

The present administration seems to be more interested in rolling back rather than building on the Obama-era accountability efforts, though.