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7th generation Tennessean born and raised in Maryville #LowerHealthCareCosts #MakingCollegeWorthIt #OpioidCrisisResponse #MusicModernizationAct
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I’m glad to join @SenStabenow, @SenGaryPeters and @SenatorCollins to cosponsor this legislation. Investing in American research and technology for better electric vehicles is one way to help our country, and the world, deal with #climatechange.
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The bipartisan Driving America Forward Act expands electric vehicle tax credits, which will encourage even more production of electric vehicles, create good jobs in Tennessee and boost the economy.
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Our goal needs to be to help students know that their degrees are going to be worth their time and money and to help taxpayers know that the federal government isn’t financing programs that do not provide students with a valuable education. #MakingCollegeWorthIt pic.twitter.com/Zgd1RUOrlx
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And third, we should strengthen the 44 federally recognized accrediting agencies upon which we rely for certifying that students are receiving a quality education.
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A second step to improve accountability would be for the federal government to make the data it collects from colleges more useful to students and families.
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For some programs, this new measure should provide colleges with an incentive to lower tuition and help their students stay in school to finish their degrees and find a job so they can repay their loans.
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Instead, Congress should create a new measure of accountability that looks at whether students are actually repaying their loans.
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For the same reasons, Washington should resist the urge to send thousands of federal bureaucrats to evaluate our colleges and universities, which would, in effect, create a national school board for colleges.
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Four years ago, this Committee passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, which reversed the trend towards a national school board for elementary and secondary education.
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I do not want the federal government acting as a sort of National School Board for Colleges — telling states and accreditors and boards of directors at institutions how to manage the 6,000 colleges and universities.
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Today’s hearing will be looking at ways to ensure that students are earning degrees worth their time and money and that taxpayers are paid back the hundreds of billions that they have loaned students to earn degrees.
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Last week, we held a bipartisan hearing about how to create a safe environment for students attending college.
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In March, at our first bipartisan hearing during this Congress on updating the Higher Education Act, we looked at how to simplify how 20 million families apply for federal student aid. #FAFSA
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I’m about to chair the Senate education committee’s bipartisan hearing to explore how to better hold colleges and universities accountable for ensuring their students are earning degrees worth their time and money. Watch live here: help.senate.gov/hearings/reaut… pic.twitter.com/vd1RvrzBW2
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TUNE IN at 10:00 AM ET for the Senate education committee’s bipartisan hearing to explore how to better hold colleges and universities accountable for ensuring their students are earning degrees worth their time and money. Watch live here: help.senate.gov/hearings/reaut…
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TUNE IN at 10:00 AM ET, I’ll be chairing the Senate education committee’s bipartisan hearing to explore how to better hold colleges and universities accountable for ensuring their students are earning degrees worth their time and money.
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Thank you for having me! twitter.com/CMoffatMiller/…
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Great meeting you! I look forward to working with you to help ensure Tennessee students receive the best education possible. twitter.com/SchwinnTeach/s…
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