Pending Bill Would Double Colleges' Reporting Burden, Critics SayWhen the U.S. Senate's education committee met last summer to consider legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, Sen. Lamar Alexander brought along a prop: five plastic boxes containing all the regulations that various iterations of the bill have created over the years. Stacked on top of each other, the black and... Copyright © 2008 by The Chronicle of Higher Education Subscribe | About The Chronicle | Contact us | Terms of use | Privacy policy | Help |