Inside Higher Ed: Edging toward accountability
Democrats don’t like it. Student groups don’t like it. And really, most college officials still don’t like it either, because they believe it does too little to help make college more affordable for students, which is the ultimate aim of the Higher Education Act.
But by the time the U.S. House of Representatives had finished its work Thursday on legislation to extend the law that governs federal financial aid and other college programs, most of the Washington groups that represent the nation’s colleges and universities had dropped their opposition to the bill, and others acknowledged that Republican Congressional leaders had taken steps to make it more palatable, if still an overall disappointment.
The Chronicle: U.S. House Approves Higher-Education Bill With Concessions to Colleges
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a sweeping piece of legislation that would set federal higher-education policy for the next six years. But, to win support for the measure, the leader of the education committee in the House agreed to make significant changes to the bill, including softening provisions that were designed to crack down on colleges that increase their prices too much
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