College presidents call Higher Education Act ‘hostile’ to education

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
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.
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