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Article: On the road to reauthorization: with the Higher Education Act up for reauthorization, the fate of student aid and the future of colleges' regulatory independence is uncertain.(Washington Update)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
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- September 25, 2003
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As Congress returns to work this month, it has plenty on its plate, but all eyes and hopes in higher education will be pinned on the reauthorization of the legislative behemoth known as the Higher Education Act.
Though the renewal of the act itself isn't in doubt, educators are still waiting to see what the massive bill will contain. Will it give poor students more tuition help? Less? Will colleges soon find themselves scrambling to justify their costs and their graduation rates to government auditors? Decisions about these and other far-reaching policy questions will all be decided over the next few months.
The 1965 Higher Education Act is reauthorized ...