University Leaders Criticize Efforts to Reshape How Students Pay for College

University leaders criticize efforts to reshape how students pay for college

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At Senate Hearing, College Presidents Warn Against Pell Cuts

Leaders of Christian, historically Black and community colleges appeared before the Republican-controlled Senate committee. Democrats took the opportunity to argue against House GOP proposals, including cutting Pell. When Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, kicked off his broadly titled hearing Wednesday on “The State of Higher Education,” he mixed a critique of how much higher education costs …

Wary of proposed changes to Pell eligibility

A Senate hearing Wednesday on higher education touched on a lot of topics, but it was the work of community colleges — especially in stretching their modest budgets and providing pathways to good-paying jobs — that caught the ear of several lawmakers. The Senate Labor, Education, Health and Pensions Committee discussed with witnesses a range of issues, from college costs and alternatives to four-year degrees, to Republican proposals for risk-sha…