151 Organizations Endorse Bipartisan College Transparency Act

Press Release

U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today announced an overwhelming show of support for the College Transparency Act (CTA) from 151 organizations representing everything from educational institutions, student organizations, and employers.

The bipartisan legislation ensures students and families have clear and absorbable information as they consider higher education opportunities. The CTA modernizes the college reporting system for postsecondary data by providing accurate reporting on student outcomes such as enrollment, completion, and post-college earnings across colleges and majors, while ensuring the privacy of individual students is securely protected.

"The College Transparency Act represents broad consensus among students, colleges and universities, employers, and policymakers that a secure, privacy-protected postsecondary student data network is the only way to give students the information they need to make informed college choices. That is why we are coming together to urge Congress to pass this bill to provide accurate, timely, and high-quality aggregate data in a user-friendly, transparent way for students and families, policymakers, institutions and employers who have a right to know answers to key questions about student access and success," wrote the endorsing organizations.

Click here to read the full endorsement letter.

A list of organizations endorsing the bill can be found below.

AAC&U
AccessLex Institute
AccuRounds
Achieve Atlanta
Achieving the Dream
Advance CTE
American Association of Community Colleges
American Educational Research Association
AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology
Ann Majdic
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
Association for Career and Technical Education
Association of Community College Trustees
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board
Augustus F. Hawkins Foundation
Birmingham Prosperity Partnership
Board of Regents, State of Iowa
Boston Centerless
Braven
Build UP
Business Roundtable
California EDGE Coalition
Campaign for College Opportunity
Center for American Progress
Center for First-generation Student Success
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Chicago Jobs Council
Chiefs for Change
COABE
Cobb Chamber of Commerce
College Now Greater Cleveland
Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Complete College America, Inc.
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Custom Plastics and More
CWA Southern California Council
Dallas County Community College District
Data Quality Campaign
Deans for Impact
Democrats for Education Reform
District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund
Edmit
EducationQuest Foundation
Employee Choice Academy
EmployIndy
Enlisted Association of the National Guard
Excelencia in Education
Field Crest Care Center
Five Star Development, Inc.
Future of Privacy Forum
George Washington Institute of Public Policy
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education
Global Resource Management Inc.
Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Partnership
Greater Washington Community Foundation
HCM Strategists
Higher Learning Advocates
Holder Construction Company
Indiana Institute for Working Families
Institute for Higher Education Policy
Japanese American Citizens League
Jersey City Literacy Program
JEVS Human Services
Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling Service
Jewish Vocational Service, Boston
JMPDX LLC
Jobs for the Future (JFF)
JobTrain
Kathryn Stege
Knowledge Alliance
LeaderQuest Holdings Inc.
Learn4Life
Louisiana Community and Technical College System
Louisiana State University
Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition
Manufacturer's Education and Training Alliance
MCCI Medical Group
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)
National Association for College Admission Counseling
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
National College Attainment Network
National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low income clients)
National Council for Adult Learning
National Council for Workforce Education
National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute
National Laboratory for Education Transformation
National Roofing Contractors Association
National Skills Coalition
National Tooling and Machining Association
Naugatuck Adult Education
NCHEMS
Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
New America
New Orleans Youth Alliance
New York Association of Training & Employment Professionals (NYATEP)
Nexus Research and Policy Center
NOCTI
Northwest WI Workforce Investment Board
Nucleos-PortableCloud
Office of Student Government Relations, Cornell
Optimax Systems Inc.
Orleans Technical College
Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Planning Partners
Postsecondary Analytics
Pryor Education Insights
Public Insight Data Corporation
Rebuilding America's Middle Class
Results for America
Ripe Data
Scholarship America
Skills2Compete Colorado
Software & Information Industry Association
South Asian Fund For Education, Scholarship and Training (SAFEST)
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board
StriveTogether
Student Basic Needs Coalition - Nationals
Student Veterans of America
TechBirmingham
The Bell Policy Center
The Education Trust
The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS)
The Quality Assurance Commons for Higher and Postsecondary Education
The State University Of New York
The Veterans Education Project
Third Way
Towards Employment
TRC Staffing Services
University of Louisiana System
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
uAspire
UnidosUS
United Way of Central Iowa
University of Phoenix
Veterans Education Success
Virginia Community College System
WKBJ Foundation
Women Employed
Workforce Solutions Group
WSP USA
Young Invincibles

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