Subcommittee on Higher Education. The subcommittee will come to order. The chair is authorized to call recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing the subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing, titled tran26 examining the impacts of students, families and schools. When it comes the time for students across america to apply for college, the free application for federal student aid, fafsa, is a critical tool. For many, fafsa is the only access to post secondary education. It opens doors and provides assistance to individuals seeking to pursue academic ambitions, regardless of background. In 2020, legislators and policymakers sought to make the process even more accessible by passing the fafsa simplification act. With the financial burden of college growing every year, it was incredibly important to reform the fafsa process for families. The new law strea
This. Id like to open it up to questions. I know we have, again theres a lot of interest we have several issues and a lot of them are interconnected as we saw. Who is first . I under how important is the popes science background to the development of his ideas . I know hes got degrees in chemistry . Actually the vatican has held several conferences on science to help educate both the staff. And i think its very interesting in the encyclical, he speaks to the importance of having a dialogue with science. And, you know, i think theres a misperception sometimes borne from a lengthy history that the Catholic Church is somehow hostile towards science. I think thats really an outdated perception. Engagement with the Scientific Community has been very strong, not just on Climate Change. The encyclical talks about gmos. In a very nuanced and interesting way that talked about technology. So ill say two things. First of all, i think it isnt just this pope bumt the Catholic Church has a strong in
Twoyear school. And the Graduation Rates are extremely low. They get automatic guarantee to get into unc chapel hill. It has been phenomenal. And if you meet some of those students, you would be blown away. One of them i met grew up in nigeria from a very poor family, wartorn area. Saw is a poster of unc and dreamed about being at unc. How she ever made it i cant tell you. Went to unc, head of her class in nursing, going to medical school. So we have to keep remembering not all students will do the traditional path. But if were going to make accessibility, affordability the brand for our nation, we need to do this. We need to start before. We need to give the support they need. We need the advising on the ground. And we need to continue to draw from such a broad range that we dont miss so many students who are out there. If we start doing that and we have programs that can help universities do this and we have programs that can do it in places where graduation is what they do, i think
The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , august 4 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable jeff denham to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain reverend dr. Dan c. Cummings from Skyline Wesleyan Church in san diego, california. The chaplain join with me in prayer. To the lord, the chief shepherd and savior of our souls. While members of congress are at home in their districts, we pray give each member rest. Cause them to lie down in Green Pastures lead them beside the still waters, restore and refresh their souls, lead them in the paths of righteousness for your namesake and our nations benefit. While other members are abroad who may walk through the valley of the shadow of death let them fear no evil, assure them you are near. Let your rod and your staff bring comfort. Prepare a table for all in the presence of their families. Anoint them wit
Prominent determinants of class status. It reinforces the socioeconomic gaps, the disparities i know everyone wishes we could eliminate. Applications are going down. At the very moment when we know the skills of college are more valuable. No matter what you read, we know the lifetime earnings of someone with a College Degree are considerably greater. We know the new knowledge economy, the one bursting and growing, the one the country wants to compete in, is requiring the skills of a college graduate. And its not just their stem skills and their programming. Its their writing skills. Its their critical thinking. Its their problemsolving. Without those, we will not bring the 2. 3 Million High School students every year back to be part of a flourishing national economy. So we know we have to do it. And im going to give you some examples of ways i think its working well at unc. Things i think can be scaled. First of all, you have to build universities that draw in the talent of people from