For nearly a decade, Sen. Bill Cassidy has sought to advance legislation that would collect more information about how college students fare after they graduate. And though the effort to turn this bill into a law has consistently been an uphill climb, the senator hasn’t backed down from the fight.
Now, with just five months left in office, Cassidy is making one last attempt to leverage mounting bipartisan support and get his College Transparency Act across the finish line after a Senate committee voted 21-to-1 to advance it last week.
Some political experts are skeptical Cassidy can pass CTA, saying the bill faces steep opposition from two key Republicans in the House and passing it would require a lot of political muscle. But if the Louisiana Republican does secure the win, higher ed lobbyists say it would be a major advancement for the nation’s college data infrastructure and help better inform students’ decisions on what college programs they can afford.
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