Congress Must Address College ‘Cost Crisis,’ GOP Says Fewer students able to take advantage of federal resources, leaders say
By Charles Dervarics
Setting the stage for a potentially contentious battle on higher education’s future, Republican education leaders in Congress say the nation’s higher education system faces a major “cost crisis” in which escalating tuitions have left many interested students unable to afford college.
“Federal higher education programs aren’t having the impact they should for parents and students,” said Rep. John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. The federal role in higher education “needs to be aligned to confront the cost crisis head-on,” said Boehner, who will lead Republican efforts in a review of higher education programs that will last through 2004.
