In August 2020, a group of senators introduced a plan for a “bill of rights” aimed at empowering and protecting college athletes. The lawmakers, led by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), proposed that college athletes should receive fair and equitable compensation as well as better educational opportunities. The bill of rights would also enforce health and safety standards, an issue that became particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The NCAA has failed generations of young men and women even when it comes to their most basic responsibility — keeping the athletes under their charge healthy and safe,”…

Today’s aspiring college students and their parents face a labyrinth of programs and procedures when it comes to applying for financial aid, an issue explored in the November 2009 Congressional Digest.