In March, a bipartisan group of senators led by Bill Cassidy (R-La.) reintroduced the College Transparency Act (CTA). The bill would expand the student data collection practices of the National Center for Education Statistics, call for the collection of key college and post-graduation performance indicators, and streamline the reporting of the data. The Institute for […]
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