Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965: Secretary Lamar Alexander : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, May 8, 1991, Volume 4At this hearing, part of a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Secretary of the Department of Education, Lamar Alexander, gave testimony designed to present the Bush administration's recommendations on reauthorization of the Act to the Congress. Before the Secretary's testimony the following congressional Represntatives offered brief comments: E. Thomas Coleman of Missouri; Joseph M. Gaydos of Pennsylvania; William F. Goodling of Pennsylvania; William J. Jefferson of Louisiana; Marge Roukema of New Jersey; and Thomas C. Sawyer of Ohio. The Secretary then presented the administration's recommendations, a short verbal presentation followed by submission of a written report. The primary recommendations included targeting grants to lowest-income students, promoting greater accountability from individuals and institutions, improving the integrity of student loan services, establishing higher loan limits, improving outreach, expanding merit scholarships, and increasing teacher opportunities. There followed a lengthy discussion between the secretary and members of the committee. The prepared statement of Ron de Lugo, delegate to Congress from the Virgin Islands, is included. (JB) |
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... kids in my district can not get into Head Start programs because that pro- gram is not adequately funded . I think we've got to be willing to put the budget priorities in education . And finally , Mr. Secretary , I would just say that I ...
... kids in my district can not get into Head Start programs because that pro- gram is not adequately funded . I think we've got to be willing to put the budget priorities in education . And finally , Mr. Secretary , I would just say that I ...
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... kids on the campus . And some of us were hoping that we were going to be able , and still do hope , that we can nudge the White House , and particularly OMB , toward the idea that we need to do something more . I noticed that a Senator ...
... kids on the campus . And some of us were hoping that we were going to be able , and still do hope , that we can nudge the White House , and particularly OMB , toward the idea that we need to do something more . I noticed that a Senator ...
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... kids into college . But I never met anyone in my life that had gone to college except a school teacher . I had never talked to anybody who had been on a college campus except to see a football game by the time I went to high school ...
... kids into college . But I never met anyone in my life that had gone to college except a school teacher . I had never talked to anybody who had been on a college campus except to see a football game by the time I went to high school ...
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... kids to college ? I am , you know , borrowed up to here , and I'll just never be able to pay it back . Well , we'll be able to pay it back , but we don't have the cash flow for the third child , who is now coming of college age . " So ...
... kids to college ? I am , you know , borrowed up to here , and I'll just never be able to pay it back . Well , we'll be able to pay it back , but we don't have the cash flow for the third child , who is now coming of college age . " So ...
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... kids into higher education . It's one of the themes that I had in my campaign that I heard more of than anything else . I think we have to address that prob- lem in terms of fairness and squeezing out middle class people from their ...
... kids into higher education . It's one of the themes that I had in my campaign that I heard more of than anything else . I think we have to address that prob- lem in terms of fairness and squeezing out middle class people from their ...
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