Rising to the Challenge: The Future of Higher Education Post COVID-19. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment of the Committee on Education and Labor. U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session (March 17, 2021). Serial No. 117-2

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Hearings; COVID-19; Pandemics; Elementary Secondary Education; Advertising; Higher Education; Administrator Responsibility; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; College Students; Hunger; Access to Information; Federal Programs; Student Financial Aid; Parents; School Closing; Federal Aid; Community Colleges; Educational Finance; Barriers; Student Loan Programs; At Risk Students; Minority Group Students; Legal Responsibility

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Higher Education Act 1980; Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act 2020; Higher Education Act Title IV

This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education that was held to discuss the future of higher education post COVID-19. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Frederica S. Wilson, Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Education and Workforce Investment; and (2) Honorable Gregory F. Murphy, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Education and Workforce Investment. Witness statements were presented by: (1) Lindsey M. Burke, Director, Center for Education Policy, and Mark A. Kolokotrones Fellow in Education, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC; (2) Eloy Ortiz Oakley, Chancellor, California Community Colleges, Sacramento, California; (3) Keith Thornton, Student, Florida International University, Miami, Florida; and (4) Daniel A. Zibel, Vice President and Chief Counsel, National Student Legal Defense Network, Washington, DC. Additional submissions include: (1) Honorable Suzanne Bonamici, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon: Report dated May 19, 2020 from the Brookings Institution, "Commercials for College? Advertising in Higher Education"; (2) Honorable Mondaire Jones, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York: Report dated October, 2020 from National Student Legal Defense, "Protection and the Unseen: Holding Executives Personally Liable under the Higher Eduction Act"; (3) Honorable Teresa Leger Fernandez, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Mexico: Article dated March 16, 2021 from the Santa Fe Reporter: "New Mexico College Students Face Food Insecurity"; and Link: GAO Report 19-95 dated December 21, 2018, "FOOD INSECURITY: Better Information Could Help Eligible College Students Access Federal Food Assistance Benefits"; (4) Honorable Ilhan Omar, a Representative in Congress from the State of Minnesota: Link--GAO Report 19-522 dated August 19, 2020, "Higher Education: More Information Could Help Student Parents Access Additional Federal Student Aid"; (5) Questions submitted for the record by: Honorable Jim Banks, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana; Honorable Russ Fulcher, a Representative in Congress from the State of Idaho; Honorable Diana Harshbarger, a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee; and Honorable Mikie Sherrill, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey; and (6) Responses to questions submitted for the record by: Dr. Burke, Mr. Oakley, and Mr. Zibel.

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