people in Colorado, they are sick and tired of a lot of things about Washington, but what they are mostly sick and tired of is our managing by crisis
No. I think it is very clear, and Ronald Reagan shared this view--you quoted him earlier--that this would just make matters worse.
The goal of HEA reauthorization must be to design a system of higher education that is focused, above all else, on ensuring student success.
But America is falling behind the rest of the world in the percentage of our population with a college degree.
I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to improve and reauthorize the Higher Education Act.
Today, we live in a global economy where a college degree has increasingly become a prerequisite for success.
Students should not have to leverage their futures with mountains of debt in order to pursue the American dream.
College must be made more affordable.
We need a wholesale conversation about every factor that touches on affordability: tuition rates, loans, grants, and tax incentives, to name...
Fixing our system of higher education will be hard work.
The country's future competiveness and the strength of our economy depend upon the skills and education of the next generation.