February 4, 2008

House Panel Revises Tuition 'Watch List' Provisions in Higher-Education Bill

By Kelly Field

Washington

Responding to complaints from college lobbyists and presidents, the U.S. House of Representatives education committee has radically revised a plan that would penalize colleges with large tuition increases. The new proposal would result in far fewer institutions facing sanctions.

Under the original plan, which the committee approved last fall as part of legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, institutions that raised their tuition and fees by a percentage greater

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