Republicans maintained control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in Tuesday’s election as Donald Trump was elected president -- shocking Democrats who expected to win the presidency if not the upper chamber of Congress as well. However, leaders of both parties have said that a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act will be a top priority in the next Congress and will provide an opportunity to tackle a host of policy issues affecting postsecondary education. Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Patty Murray of Washington -- the senior Republican and Democrat, respectively, on the Senate education committee -- will both return to the upper chamber after Murray easily won her re-election bid.

November 8, 2016 ・ From Inside Higher Ed