Obama takes tougher stance on higher education

WASHINGTON — Access to col­lege has been the dri­ving force in fed­eral higher edu­ca­tion pol­icy for decades. But the Obama admin­is­tra­tion is push­ing a fun­da­men­tal agenda shift that aggres­sively brings a new ques­tion into the debate: What are peo­ple get­ting for their money?