Welcome back to another edition of Higher Ed on the Hill, where we break down the top issues facing higher education policy.
Today, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE), along with more than one dozen undersigned free-market organizations called on lawmakers to expeditiously pass H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act. We believe Chairwoman Virginia Foxx’s bill will ensure Washington encourages higher educational choice and accountability across the board and end the pernicious practice of targeting “undesirable” colleges with miles of red tape.
There is a strong consensus across the nation that higher education is in urgent need of a major course correction, and the CCRA would be an enormous first step in the right direction. Of key importance is this legislation’s reversal of specific detrimental Department of Education policies while further ensuring that students from all demographic groups and from every part of our nation have access to the widest variety of educational opportunities available. Here are a few provisions we’re excited about:
- Keep college accessible and affordable through price transparency and a simplified approach to the student loan repayment process.
- Rein in the Department of Education’s bureaucratic overreach, and repeal the Gainful Employment Rule, 90/10 Rule, and make needed changes to the Third Party-Servicer guidance.
- We support the inclusion of the Protecting Taxpayers from Student Loan Bailouts Act to ensure taxpayers are insulated from unlawful schemes to eliminate student loan debt.
Read the full letter here.
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What’s New? Uncertain Future, The Financial Reckoning Facing Colleges and Universities
Decades ago, the message was clear: earning a college degree was the closest pathway to financial success. Now, “some kids are looking at it like, ‘Do I need the debt that goes with it?” Read more at WKYC here.
We Agree! Joe Biden’s Latest Target – Christian Colleges by APP’s Jon Schweppe
“Now, Biden’s stooges are feasting their eyes on a new target: Christian colleges. The reason for this crusade is twofold: to protect the higher education cartel from any potential competition, and to persecute any Christian institution that refuses to bend the knee to cultural marxism. The regime is sending a message: resistance to left-wing orthodoxy, even under the banner of religious freedom, will no longer be tolerated.” Read more at The Daily Caller here.
Foxx Sighting: Chairwoman Foxx Launches Antisemitism Investigation into MIT
Last week, the House Education and the Workforce Committee launched an investigation into MIT over reports of antisemitism on campus. “We have grave concerns regarding the inadequacy of MIT’s response to antisemitism on its campus,” Foxx wrote in the letter. Read more in the Washington Examiner here.
