New Congressional push for student outcomes data

A bipartisan group of senators will begin a push today to overturn a federal prohibition on tracking the educational and employment outcomes of college students. Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), all members of the Senate education committee, are unveiling legislation that would allow the federal government, as well as families and prospective students, to obtain more accurate and complete data about whether students at a particular college, or in a certain major, graduate on time and find well-paying jobs, among other things.

By Michael Stratford

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