House Approves Reauthorization of Higher Education Act
The House voted overwhelmingly to reauthorize the Higher Education Act last week after defeating an amendment that would have effectively made California's ban on racial and gender preferences in public-college admissions the law of the land.
By a vote of 249-171, the lawmakers decided not to withhold federal aid from public postsecondary institutions that give admissions preferences based on an applicant's race, ethnicity, or sex. Rep. Frank Riggs, R-Calif., offered the amendment.
"The Riggs amendment was bad education policy and bad social policy," said Terry W. Hartle, the vice president of governmental relations for the American Council on Education, a Washington-based umbrella group representing colleges and universities. "Inclusion of the amendment would have killed any higher education support for...
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