College Transparency Act This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid; provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education; reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; and periodically match with other federal systems of data. The bill also establishes a postsecondary student data system advisory committee.
Academic performance and assessmentsAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationStudent aid and college costsStudent recordsWages and earnings
College Transparency Act
USA116th CongressS-800| Senate
| Updated: 3/14/2019
College Transparency Act This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. Specifically, the data system must evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid; provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education; reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; and periodically match with other federal systems of data. The bill also establishes a postsecondary student data system advisory committee.
Academic performance and assessmentsAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationStudent aid and college costsStudent recordsWages and earnings