Dr. Webber, you discussed noncompletion in your testimony, and call it the biggest risk associated with going to college.
I have long said we need bold reforms in postsecondary education, if we are going to make the system work for students again.
Any discussion of college affordability must involve serious questions about institutional accountability.
The high cost of college is not a question for debate. It is a matter of fact.
This hearing cuts to the heart of why postsecondary education reform is necessary, and why it is so difficult to accomplish.
It is obvious that we have do something, and today's hearing was extremely important and informative.
Students must have options.
That is why this committee must focus on the following touchstones for reform: strengthening innovation and completion, modernizing Federal ...
I am looking forward to some of the other hearings in this series that will help us focus more on why so few students are completing.
We do not want to limit that choice just to those who can write the big tuition checks.
Without the tuition revenue supported by the students, colleges are going to need to figure out a way to adapt.