Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Opportunities to Improve Student Success. Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, First Session on Examining Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, Focusing on Opportunities to Improve Student Success (August 5, 2015). Senate Hearing 114-695

This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, focusing on opportunities to improve student success. Following an opening and prepared statement by Honorable Lamar Alexander (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and an opening statement by Honorable Patty Murray (U.S. Senator from the State of Washington), the following senators provide statements: (1) Honorable Johnny Isakson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia; (2) Honorable Susan M. Collins, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine; (3) Honorable Christopher Murphy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut; (4) Honorable Bill Cassidy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana; (5) Honorable Tammy Baldwin, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin; (6) Honorable Michael F. Bennet, a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado; and (7) Honorable Elizabeth Warren, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts. Prepared witness statements are offered by: (1) Stan Jones President, Complete College America, Indianapolis, Indiana; (2) R. Scott Ralls, President, North Carolina Community College System, Raleigh, NC; (3) Timothy Renick, Ph.D., M.A., Vice Provost and Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia; and (4) Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Ph.D., President, Young Adults and Postsecondary Education, MDRC, New York, New York. Additional materials include: (1) Response by Stan Jones to questions of: Senator Alexander; Senator Cassidy; Senator Collins; Senator Enzi; Senator Murray; and Senator Warren; (2) Response by R. Scott Ralls to questions of: Senator Alexander; Senator Cassidy; Senator Collins; Senator Enzi; Senator Murray; Senator Warren; and Senator Scott; (3) Response by Timothy M. Renick to questions of: Senator Alexander; Senator Cassidy; Senator Collins; Senator Enzi; Senator Murray; Senator Warren; and Senator Scott; and (4) Response by Lashawn Richburg-Hayes to questions of: Senator Alexander; Senator Cassidy; Senator Collins; Senator Enzi; Senator Murray; and Senator Warren.