The groups signing onto Mitchell’s comments include prominent organizations representing different corners of higher ed, such as the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Career Education Colleges and Universities, the Council of Independent Colleges and the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.
They are calling on the Biden administration to carry out a long overdue rewrite of the Higher Education Act, the federal law governing federal financial aid programs. It hasn’t been updated since 2008 and higher education experts have expressed doubts that a divided Congress can come together to make comprehensive changes to the law.
