Huffington Post: The Education Department's College Scorecard Unfairly Stigmatizes Arts Institutions

In a blog for the Huffington Post's college section, Berklee President Roger H. Brown offers a thoughtful critique of the U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) College Scorecard website. The scorecard presents a comparison of academic programs, student body, and financial aid for U.S. colleges and universities, and also presents median earnings after school.

Brown questions the DOE's methodology and data collection that excludes a majority of Berklee's alumni, and notes that performance careers can take longer to establish than other careers.

The piece begins, "The U.S. Department of Education recently debuted its College Scorecard website as a resource for students and families to evaluate higher education options, but it does not paint a complete picture and unfairly stigmatizes art, music, liberal arts, and other freelance-oriented professions and the institutions that serve them."

Read the full Huffington Post article.