House Republicans Aim to Pass Higher Ed Overhaul

House Republicans are making a final attempt to pass sweeping legislation in this Congress that aims to lower the cost of college and hold institutions accountable. The House has considered few bills related to higher education in the last two years, so a floor vote on the College Cost Reduction Act would mark a significant achievement for its sponsor, Representative Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican and chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee. Foxx has long sought to pass comprehensive legislation to overhaul higher education, and she’s worked for the last two years on a piecemeal effort to update the Higher Education Act of 1965. So far, Foxx, who is giving up her gavel on the committee at the end of the year, has managed to get a handful of higher ed–related bills through the House.