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Chris Murphy: “I think the reason we've ended up with the accreditors as the gatekeepers for title IV is because we were pretty sure…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
I think the reason we've ended up with the accreditors as the gatekeepers for title IV is because we were pretty sure Congress didn't have the capacity to do it.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy discusses the reliance on accreditors due to Congress's perceived limitations.

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