U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) provided video remarks to the attendees of Complete College America’s Annual Convening in Las Vegas, Nev.

VIDEO: Heinrich Highlights Postsecondary Student Success Grants at Complete College America Convening, Dec. 10, 2023. 

During his remarks, Heinrich highlighted his work on the Senate Appropriations Committee to successfully establish and fund the Postsecondary Student Success Grants Program at the U.S. Department of Education.

This new grants program was based on legislation that Heinrich introduced in the last Congress called the College Completion Fund Act. Heinrich plans to introduce new, bipartisan, and bicameral legislation to authorize the program in the coming months.

“It’s crystal clear: We need to extend our focus beyond enrollment,” Heinrich said. “We need to invest in retention and completion. To help students navigate the challenges that stand between starting and completing college, we need to remove the barriers that stand in the way of their academic success.”

About Complete College America:

Complete College America is a national advocacy organization calling for dramatically increasing college completion rates and closing institutional performance gaps by working with states, systems, institutions, and partners to scale highly effective structural reforms and promote policies that improve student success.