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 educationLabor marketStudent aid and college costsStudent recordsWages and earnings
College Transparency Act
USA117th CongressS-839| Senate
| Updated: 3/18/2021
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 educationLabor marketStudent aid and college costsStudent recordsWages and earnings