Tom Harkin: “We're creating terrible deficits in young scientists and terrible deficits in the public body of knowledge.”

The Biden Administration has taken some important steps to right those wrongs, discharging student loans for borrowers who were not able to graduate.

I introduced the Protect Student Borrowers Act with Senators Durbin, Warren and Murphy--and I want to thank Senator Warren for her great leadership on this issue and many other issues.

I particularly appreciate that the students from Westwood, which closed in 2016, finally have been granted relief.

Our institution's performance, measured by student withdrawal and default rates, is one of the best of any examined, and it appears that students are faring well at this degree-based college.