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House Republicans Press for Higher-Ed Overhaul in 2018

December 15, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

The Chronicle for Higher Education
By Adam Harris and Eric Kelderman
December 12, 2017

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives began in earnest on Tuesday to finalize an ambitious bill to reauthorize the main federal law governing higher education.

The House's Committee on Education and the Workforce, led by Rep. Virginia Foxx, Republican of North Carolina, kicked off a marathon session lasting nearly 14 hours - until just before the stroke of midnight - to consider amendments and other changes in a draft of the Higher Education Act Legislation that she introduced this month.

Read the full article at The Chronicle of Higher Education's website here.