Expanding Northern Virginia Higher Education Resources

Virginia is locked in a difficult cycle. We have a growing population of students and a shrinking number of seats in higher education. Adding capacity to our excellent Northern Virginia higher education system is critical to ensure the next generation of Virginia leaders are cultivated here at home.

Cutting the costs of higher education

• As your delegate, I will work on cutting the costs of higher education by fighting to expand access to student loans, working to lower the costs of textbooks, and expanding the understanding of the use of federal tax credits to make college affordable.

Expanding the community college system

• The partnerships between our community colleges in Northern Virginia and our students should start prior to graduation. Here in Fairfax County, I negotiated an agreement between NoVa Community College and several area high schools to allow seniors earning college credits access to the full NoVa CC resources. As your delegate I will work to make this system the common practice, not the exception to the rule.

Providing Opportunities to earn college credits in high school

• Four years of high education is a financial burden that doesn’t need to exist. By expanding opportunities to earn college credit through courses taken in high school we can increase the number of students who graduate from an institution of higher learning by decreasing the number of years they go to school to get that four year degree. As your delegate, I will work to expand access to college credit courses in high school.

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