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Acknowledgements

NCSL’s Task Force on Higher Education Affordability and Student Outcomes 

This report was developed by NCSL’s Task Force on Higher Education Affordability and Student Outcomes. The task force was created to explore state and federal strategies to make college more affordable for students and taxpayers, improve completion rates, and reduce rates of unrepayable student debt. The findings of the report were developed on a bipartisan basis among the members of the task force in consultation with key leaders in higher education, federal officials, and other experts.  

Disclaimer 

This report is the product of NCSL’s Task Force on Higher Education Affordability and Student Outcomes. The views and findings expressed in the report are solely those of the task force. The report does not represent the views or opinions of any one member, NCSL, or the supporting organizations of the task force.  

Special Thanks 

NCSL gives special thanks to lead author of this report, Austin Reid, Federal Affairs Advisor, NCSL. 

Members of the NCSL Task Force on Higher Education Affordability and Student Outcomes 

  • Co-Chair: Senator Ann Millner, Utah 
  • Co-Chair: Senator Michael Dembrow, Oregon 
  • Vice Chair: Senator Amy Galey, North Carolina 
  • Vice Chair: Senator Mamie E. Locke, Virginia 
  • Senator Arthur Orr, Alabama 
  • Senator Greg Leding, Arkansas 
  • Steven Hernandez, Connecticut 
  • Representative Chuck Martin Jr., Georgia 
  • Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Hawaii 
  • Representative Wendy Horman, Idaho 
  • Representative La Shawn K. Ford, Illinois 
  • Representative Timothy O’Brien, Indiana 
  • Representative Skyler Wheeler, Iowa 
  • Representative Steven K. Howe, Kansas 
  • Representative Bobby McCool, Kentucky 
  • Senator Teresa Pierce, Maine 
  • Representative David M. Rogers, Massachusetts 
  • Representative Carol Glanville, Michigan 
  • Senator Omar Fateh, Minnesota 
  • Senator W. Briggs Hopson, Mississippi 
  • Porscha Miner, Mississippi 
  • Assemblymember Erica Mosca, Nevada 
  • Connor Jorgensen, New Mexico 
  • Assemblymember Patricia Fahy, New York 
  • Senator Jerry Cirino, Ohio 
  • Erin Kennedy, Oklahoma 
  • Representative Rebecca M. Kislak, Rhode Island 
  • Representative Mellissa Heermann, South Dakota 
  • Senator Jon Lundberg, Tennessee 
  • Representative John Kuempel, Texas 
  • Senator Brian Campion, Vermont 
  • Representative Vandana Slatter, Washington 
  • Representative David Murphy, Wisconsin 

NCSL Staff 

  • Austin Reid, Federal Affairs Advisor, State-Federal Affairs 
  • Sunny Deye, Associate Director, State Policy Research 
  • Andrew Smalley, Senior Policy Specialist, State Policy Research 

NCSL Foundation Supporters of the NCSL Task Force on Higher Education  

  • The Pew Charitable Trusts 
  • Stand Together Trust 
  • University of Phoenix 
  • Western Governors University 
  • Pearson 
  • ReUp Education 

Convening Partners of the NCSL Task Force on Higher Education  

  • The Joyce Foundation 
  • Lumina Foundation 
  • The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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