Hold private universities accountable for weak job readiness and high student loan default rates.

holding those schools with student loan default rates far above the national average accountable.

She pledges to pressure institutions with poor default-rate outcomes and weak job-placement focus.

Representative Lori Trahan Congresswoman Lori Trahan was born and raised in a working-class family in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is the mom of two young girls and proudly represents Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District.
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Trahan said the Student Financial Clarity Act would expand the College Scorecard to provide transparency on costs, aid, and student outcomes broken down by institution and program.

Concrete legislative action toward accountability for higher-education outcomes; not a direct job-readiness/default-rate enforcement measure, but a serious related transparency effort.

partial same_term A for effort

Trahan, Guthrie, Onder Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Transparency for Students Seeking Higher Education
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The House Committee on Education and Workforce approved Trahan’s Student Financial Clarity Act, which would expand the College Scorecard with additional program-level statistics so students can compare costs, outcomes, and financial aid at institutions and specific programs of study.

The bill advanced in committee, indicating a tangible step toward student-outcome accountability, though it still does not specifically target private-university default rates or job-readiness sanctions.

partial same_term A for effort

House Panel Approves Trahan Bill to Make Cost of College More Transparent | U.S. Representative Lori Trahan
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Trahan reintroduced the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act to improve transparency for students and families on the cost of attending college, including total cost of attendance information.

Earlier legislative pattern showing Trahan’s focus on consumer-facing college transparency and accountability; relevant background but outside the 30-day window.

partial same_term A for effort

Trahan Reintroduces Bipartisan Bill to Improve Transparency on the Cost of College
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Trahan introduced the Accreditation Reform Act to increase accountability and oversight in accreditation and hold bad actors in the education space accountable.

Shows a direct accountability-oriented higher-education reform effort, but it is well outside the lookback window and does not establish recent delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Representatives Trahan, Dean, and Hayes Introduce the Accreditation Reform Act | U.S. Representative Lori Trahan
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Trahan’s official legislation page links to her congressional record and legislation tracking, but the page itself does not show a recent enacted measure or vote specifically holding private universities accountable for weak job readiness or student-loan default rates.

Useful as a current official index, but it does not provide concrete evidence of delivery for the claim in the lookback window.

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Voting Record & Legislation | U.S. Representative Lori Trahan
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Trahan’s committee page shows she serves on committees with higher-education and oversight relevance, including Energy and Commerce subcommittee roles and oversight-focused responsibilities, but it does not document a specific action on private-university accountability in the last 30 days.

Context only: indicates jurisdiction and venue for possible accountability work, but no delivery evidence.

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Committees and Caucuses | U.S. Representative Lori Trahan
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