SOTU - introduced Check and Balance for Higher Education - How about Sequestration to get the attention of sites like UW-Milwaukee

"Now, even with better high schools, most young people will need some higher education. It’s a simple fact the more education you’ve got, the more likely you are to have a good job and work your way into the middle class. But today, skyrocketing costs price too many young people out of a higher education, or saddle them with unsustainable debt".

"Through tax credits, grants and better loans, we’ve made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last few years. But taxpayers can’t keep on subsidizing higher and higher and higher costs for higher education. Colleges must do their part to keep costs down, and it’s our job to make sure that they do". (Applause.)

"So tonight, I ask Congress to change the Higher Education Act so that affordability and value are included in determining which colleges receive certain types of federal aid. (Applause.) And tomorrow, my administration will release a new “College Scorecard” that parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple criteria -- where you can get the most bang for your educational buck", said President Barack Obama, February 12, 2013 - State of the Union Speech.

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SEQUESTRATION may be an option for Higher Education to get the attention of those who have taken the attitude that the citizenry do not count.  That engagement of planning, design and implementation of funding excludes African American, other People of Color and the Work Challenged.  That only power grabbers are brought to the table to craft various economic projects for themselves and cronies, using federal funding brought to the Urban city of Milwaukee for empowerment of the population in dire need of education attainment, technology attainment and business research and development.

SEQUESTRATION imposed on Higher Education is one way to began to correct discrimination-exploitation-bias that depletes engagement of Urban stakeholders in the city of Milwaukee, especially those of Color.

Mary Glass, Chair/CEO, Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC, said, "I was very proud to hear President Obama, in his State of the Union speech, push the door open for 'check and balance' for funds being given to 'higher education'.  It send the signal of oversight, transparency, accountability and trust are pre-requisites for receiving the mega funding.  That the higher education act will help ensure the taxpayers of more accountability of the funds sent and spent.  We will see that specifics of 'discrimination-bias-exploitation' in the Urban University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is known for scrutiny by the federal government and oversight organizations, i.e., Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association  and American Council on Education.