House GOP plans to introduce bill that embraces deregulation of higher education
CASEY QUINLAN at Think Progress
https://thinkprogress.org/higher-ed-proposals-8fbdc05aad51/
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House Republicans plan to introduce a bill that would make broad changes to policies that affect higher education and student debt, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
These policies, which would be part of the Higher Education Act, last reauthorized in 2008, would get rid of student loan forgiveness programs for public service employees, place caps on borrowing for graduate students, and provide more funding to community colleges for apprenticeships and partnerships with businesses.
If this wasn’t enough cause for concern, the new bill also “eases restrictions on paying student recruiters” and “touches on regulations that online programs view as burdensome,” according to the Journal. The Higher Education Act currently prohibits incentive compensation to employees for success in securing student enrollments, a common for-profit college industry tactic. The department clarified in 2015 that it does not include a ban on compensation for recruiters based on graduation or completion of education programs.
The proposed bill also reportedly refers to freedom of speech on campus, sexual assault, and changes in funding for historically black colleges and universities.
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