Loan caps, accreditation overhaul among Trump’s goals for Higher Education Act – Education Dive

Dive Brief:

• The White House on Monday released its priorities for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), marking the first time the Trump administration has shared a broad higher ed policy agenda and echoing its budget blueprint, released last week.
• On its list are streamlining accreditation and organizing accreditors based on institutions’ missions rather than geography; adding risk-sharing between colleges and students over federal aid; implementing reforms to income-based loan repayment; and capping parent and graduate student borrowing.
• It also asks Congress to pilot a “market-driven workforce development” program, to offer Pell Grants for short-term programs and to expand the Federal Work-Study program.

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