This document records testimony from a hearing held to discuss strategies for improving postsecondary access and completion for low-income and first-generation students. The hearing served as an opportunity to learn about efforts to pioneer new strategies and study the effectiveness of existing strategies so that more disadvantaged students can…

A hearing was held over 2 days on amendments to Title V of the Higher Education Act, which addresses college educator recruitment, retention, and development and with authorization of programs designed to enhance the skills of current teachers and administrators and to encourage students entering college to become teachers. Among the witnesses…

As part of a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education convened a hearing in Chicago, Illinois, in order to hear the recommendations of those who work directly in higher education. The witnesses testified on students loans, the difference between grants and…

The United States House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met in one of a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. This session heard testimony on: (1) Title III of the Act, addressing a program that provides aid to institutions of higher education which serve large numbers of…

As part of a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, testimony was heard on the Pell Grant program, the largest student grant program. Witnesses from all sectors of the postsecondary education system offered suggestions for program changes. The witnesses included the following: Robert L. Albright,…

The federal role in helping colleges provide graduate education is considered, as part of hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The question of whether there is access to graduate education is addressed. Attention is directed to the following concerns: the appropriate balance between undergraduate and graduate…

The transcript of the March 1979 hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and related measures are compiled in this document. The hearings were held to review not only the programs that expire in 1979 but all higher education programs that come under the jurisdiction of the House Subcommittee…

In one of a series of hearings held in communities around the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear testimony from higher education administrators in the state of Texas on Titles III and IV of the Act which concern minority access to higher education and support…

This document reports oral and written testimony given for an oversight hearing by witnesses concerning the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 primarily as it affects Black colleges and universities. Witnesses included college presidents from historically black colleges/universities including Smith University (North Carolina),…

At this hearing, one of a series conducted across the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, testimony was heard on issues of concern to three panels of experts on higher education in the state of Nebraska. The witnesses included Robert E. Caldwell, student body president from the University of Nebraska (UN) at Kearney;…

In one of a series of hearings held in communities around the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear testimony from higher education professionals, business people, and students in the state of Hawaii. In particular the witnesses, grouped in seven panels, testified…

In one of a series of hearings held in communities around the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear testimony from administrators in higher education and others in the state of Indiana. A particular concern of the 15 witnesses appearing at this hearing was student…

As part of a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, testimony was heard over 3 days on the integrity of the federal student financial assistance programs. In the course of addressing this issue witnesses testified the first day about public confidence in the programs, accreditation of schools and their…