REAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT - STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS - HEARING - U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS (APRIL 10, 2019)

Oct 15, 2026

Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act hearing transcript from the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines how to strengthen accountability to protect students and taxpayers. The document records opening remarks, committee procedures, and planned witness testimony and questioning. It emphasizes institutional autonomy and accountability mechanisms, including student choice, federal and state funding flows, accreditation, and monitoring of student loan outcomes to ensure public funds are used wisely.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

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S. HRG. 116–425 REAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT: STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS HEARING OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON EXAMINING REAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, FOCUSING ON STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS APRIL 10, 2019 Printed for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ( Available via the World Wide Web: [http://www.govinfo.gov](http://www.govinfo.gov) U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 41–395 PDF WASHINGTON : 2021 COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee, Chairman MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming RICHARD BURR, North Carolina JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia RAND PAUL, Kentucky SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine BILL CASSIDY, M.D., Louisiana PAT ROBERTS, Kansas LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska TIM SCOTT, South Carolina MITT ROMNEY, Utah MIKE BRAUN, Indiana PATTY MURRAY, Washington BERNARD SANDERS (I), Vermont ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts TIM KAINE, Virginia MARGARET WOOD HASSAN, New Hampshire TINA SMITH, Minnesota DOUG JONES, Alabama JACKY ROSEN, Nevada DAVID P. CLEARY, Republican Staff Director LINDSEY WARD SEIDMAN, Republican Deputy Staff Director EVAN SCHATZ, Minority Staff Director JOHN RIGHTER, Minority Deputy Staff Director (II) C O N T E N T S STATEMENTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 Page COMMITTEE MEMBERS Alexander, Hon. Lamar, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Opening statement ...................................................................... 1 Murray, Hon. Patty, Ranking Member, a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, Opening statement ......................................................................... 3 WITNESSES Wheelan, Belle, Ph.D., President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Decatur, GA .................................................. 7 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 8 Tandberg, David, Ph.D., Vice President for Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), Boulder, CO ........................................................................................ 11 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 12 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 27 Looney, Adam, Ph.D., Joseph A. Pechman Director of the Center on Regulation and Markets, Brookings Institute, Washington, DC ................................. 28 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 30 McMillan, Cottom, Tressie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA ............................................ 37 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 38 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL PostsecData Collaborative and National Skills Coalition Support the Reintroduction of the College Transparency Act ............................................ 62 (III) REAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT: STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS Wednesday, April 10, 2019 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room SD–430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senators Alexander [presiding], Cassidy, Romney, Braun, Murray, Casey, Baldwin, Murphy, Warren, Kaine, Hassan, Smith, Jon

FAQs

What is the hearing focused on?

The hearing examines reauthorizing the Higher Education Act with an emphasis on strengthening accountability to protect students and taxpayers.

How does the document describe accountability for colleges and universities?

It highlights that institutions report to many stakeholders, including students, boards, governments, accrediting agencies, and mechanisms tied to federal funding and outcomes.

What procedural steps does the committee outline for the day?

The chair calls the committee to order, delivers an opening statement plan, introduces witnesses, and then conducts five-minute rounds of questions after testimony.

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