HR 4983 · 113th Congress · Education

Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act

Introduced 2014-06-26· Sponsored by Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2014-07-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to eliminate the restriction of college cost calculations to those costs incurred by first-time students. Eliminates the requirement that the Secretary of Education make publicly available on the College Navigator website: (1) college affordability and transparency lists, (2) state higher education spending charts, and (3) the multi-year tuition calculator. Requires that the Secretary develop, annually update, and make publicly available a College Dashboard website that displays the following information regarding each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in the programs under title IV (Student Assistance) of the HEA: a link to the IHE's website; an identification of the IHE's type; the number of students enrolled at the IHE; the student-faculty ratio; the percentage of degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students at the IHE who obtain a certificate within the normal time for completing their program, within 150% of that time period, and within 200% of that time period; the average net price per year for undergraduate students at the IHE and a link to the net p…

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H.R. 4983, Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act

Jul 15, 2014

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 10, 2014

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Cosponsors (16)

2 Democrats14 Republicans