[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11718]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY IN HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last week I joined my colleague, Mr. Messer, 
to introduce the Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act, 
legislation which will ensure useful information is easily accessible, 
deliver data that includes the entire college population, and improve 
coordination between Federal agencies.
  Mr. Speaker, students and families must wade through massive and 
often conflicting amounts of information in order to make informed 
college decisions. The Higher Education Act, HEA, alone requires 26 
different categories of information be available, and there are many 
additional State and Federal requirements.
  Our bill will streamline the overwhelming maze of information with a 
consumer-tested College Dashboard. The College Dashboard will provide 
students with key information, enrollment, completion, net price, and 
average loan debt and Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data.
  With college costs steadily rising, prospective students need to make 
informed decisions about their future. The Strengthening Transparency 
in Higher Education Act will help them do just that.

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