Major higher education associations are urging Congress to move forward with the College Transparency Act, which would overturn a long-standing ban on the federal government collecting student-level data. The bill is set for consideration by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) as chair, after being reintroduced with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Supporters say the change would strengthen consumer information for students and families by improving accuracy of college outcome metrics, including graduation rates and earnings. They argue current federal reporting is incomplete because College Scorecard outcomes largely rely on students who received federal aid and because IPEDS graduation rates focus on first-time, full-time students. The bill would create a new database within the National Center for Education Statistics, allowing researchers and policymakers to better track outcomes for currently undercounted groups—especially students who do not receive federal financial aid and those whose enrollment patterns do not fit traditional cohort definitions. Privacy concerns remain central to the debate. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) previously advanced the student-level data prohibition in the 2008 Higher Education Act reauthorization, citing privacy risks, and those concerns are expected to reemerge as lawmakers weigh the measure.