151 Organizations Endorse Bipartisan College Transparency Act

WASHINGTON – 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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