Oversight Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965: Houston, Texas. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session (Houston, TX, July 22, 1991).

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Access to Education; Black Colleges; Black Education; College Students; Community Colleges; Educational Finance; Federal Aid; Federal Legislation; Federal Programs; Government Role; Hearings; Higher Education; Hispanic Americans; Institutional Environment; Institutional Survival; Minority Groups; State Federal Aid; Student Financial Aid

Higher Education Act 1965; Higher Education Act Title III; Higher Education Act Title IV

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In one of a series of hearings held in communities around the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear testimony from higher education administrators in the state of Texas on Titles III and IV of the Act which concern minority access to higher education and support for historically black colleges and universities. Included in the testimony were such aspects of these Titles as federal regulation of aid to proprietary schools, student loan programs, and educating the work force. The witnesses included Comer Alden of The San Antonio College of Medical and Dental Assistants; Adolfo R. Barrera of Southwest Texas State University; Julius W. Becton of Prairie View A&M University; Dee Bednar of the Texas State Department of Education; Doris Blocker, student, Houston Community College System; Garth Davis of the University of Texas at Austin; Ronnie J. Davis, Jr., Council of Student Organizations, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Gallegos, student, Houston Community College; Charles Green of the Houston Community College; William Harris of Texas Southern University; Herbert Hayre of the National Education Association; Joseph L. McCormick of the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation; Joseph T. McMillan of Houston-Tillotson College; Erica Moshay, student; and Arturo Pacheco of the University of Texas at El Paso. Prepared statements are included along with letters and supplemental material that includes a report by the Joint Interim Committee on Proprietary Schools submitted to the Texas legislature. (JB)

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