A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is starting a push to repeal the federal ban on tracking the educational and employment outcomes of college students, Politico reports. The prohibition was enacted as part of the 2008 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
Four senators — Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah; Elizabeth A. Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts; Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana; and Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island — are spearheading the effort. The legislation they plan to propose would allow the federal government, families, and prospective students to glean more "accurate and complete data" about students at a particular college or in a certain major, whether they graduate on time, and what kinds of jobs they land upon graduation, among other things, according to Politico.
Read more at Politico: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-education/2017/05/new-congressional-push-for-student-outcomes-data-220306
The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/federal-lawmakers-begin-new-push-for-student-outcomes-data/118396