The Senate’s education committee will begin the process of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act next Thursday, the committee’s chairman, Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, announced on Friday.
The law, which governs most aspects of federal student aid, was viewed at the time of its last reauthorization, in 2008, as a landmark step toward reining in college costs and increasing accountability among the nation’s colleges and universities. But critics charge that the most recent authorization has had little affect on affordability while creating more red tape for colleges.
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