Overview
American colleges and universities play a pivotal role in training
the nation’s citizens, leaders, innovators, public servants and
educators. In the past decade, government support for higher education
has declined; as a result, tuition and fees have increased. Grants have
failed to keep pace. As costs continue to swell, students are taking on
more and more debt to pay for their degrees.
We support
access to higher education through increased need-based financial aid
and streamlined federal student aid programs. We should increase the
affordability of a college education by controlling the rise in student
debt, by making loans more affordable and by cutting special-interest
subsidies in the student loan programs.
