That sounds well and good, but I am afraid will just lead to extending bureaucracy of K-12 education (on average horrible quality, outrageously expensive to the

That sounds well and good, but I am afraid will just lead to extending bureaucracy of K-12 education (on average horrible quality, outrageously expensive to the taxpayer) to universities. US has generally good universities (expensive, but good) precisely because public schools have to compete with private ones on quality and private ones must compete with public ones on cost. Take that competition away (and this proposal will wipe out private universities) and the quality will quickly suffer. I would much rather gov't required uniform transparency for all accredited public and private schools: acceptance rates; total sticker price, median actuals after scholarchips (so you can compare your "20k scholarship/65k tuition" package to averages); graduation rates; average debt at graduation; first and expected 10-year earnings; etc. Inform, not restrict. My 2c.