College presidents call Higher Education Act 'hostile' to education

The presidents of Vermont’s colleges and universities on Tuesday called on Vermont’s congressional delegation to push for changes in the Higher Education Act before it is too late.

The reauthorization bill will deprive those who can least afford it access to higher education, the presidents told U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., at Tuesday’s meeting, which Welch requested to hear their concerns about the legislation.

There is a narrow window of opportunity to make changes to the Republican-crafted bill before it reaches the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Welch said.

“The more we can mobilize to show our opposition for these specific things the better chance we have of averting something bad happening,” he said.

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