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HRG. 116–425  \nREAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT: STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS  \nHEARING  \nOF THE  \nCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS UNITED STATES SENATE  \nONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS  \nFIRST SESSION  \nON  \nEXAMINING REAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, FOCUSING ON STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS  \nAPRIL 10, 2019  \nPrinted for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions  \n(  \nAvailable via the World Wide Web: [http://www.govinfo.gov](http://www.govinfo.gov)  \nU.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 41–395 PDF WASHINGTON : 2021  \nCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS  \nLAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee, Chairman  \nMICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming RICHARD BURR, North Carolina JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia RAND PAUL, Kentucky  \nSUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine BILL CASSIDY, M.D., Louisiana PAT ROBERTS, Kansas  \nLISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska TIM SCOTT, South Carolina MITT ROMNEY, Utah  \nMIKE BRAUN, Indiana  \nPATTY MURRAY, Washington BERNARD SANDERS (I), Vermont ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts TIM KAINE, Virginia  \nMARGARET WOOD HASSAN, New Hampshire  \nTINA SMITH, Minnesota DOUG JONES, Alabama JACKY ROSEN, Nevada  \nDAVID P. CLEARY, Republican Staff Director LINDSEY WARD SEIDMAN, Republican Deputy Staff Director EVAN SCHATZ, Minority Staff Director JOHN RIGHTER, Minority Deputy Staff Director  \n(II)  \nC O N T E N T S  \nSTATEMENTS  \nWEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019  \nPage  \nCOMMITTEE MEMBERS  \nAlexander, Hon. Lamar, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Opening statement ...................................................................... 1  \nMurray, Hon. Patty, Ranking Member, a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, Opening statement ......................................................................... 3  \nWITNESSES  \nWheelan, Belle, Ph.D., President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Decatur, GA .................................................. 7  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 8  \nTandberg, David, Ph.D., Vice President for Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), Boulder, CO ........................................................................................ 11  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 12  \nSummary statement ......................................................................................... 27  \nLooney, Adam, Ph.D., Joseph A. 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