A worthless degree? Betsy DeVos wants to change rules for which colleges stay open, close

Clare McCann was quoted in USA Today on federal oversight of colleges. She states that giving colleges more latitude under the guise of innovation may lead to students taking chances on junk programs.

Many colleges are already doing a poor job of preparing students, said Clare McCann of the think tank New America. Giving them more latitude under the guise of innovation may lead to students taking chances on junk programs, she argued.

“What these regulations really do is make it so it is much harder to hold those schools accountable,” McCann said.

If anything, the government should hold these agencies to a higher standard, she said.