Alexander: Shorter FAFSA application will help 400,000 Tennessee families
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Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander (R-Maryville) is chairman of the U.S. Senate's education committee.
The students we most want to help are often the ones most intimidated by this federal form. The former president of Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis said he believes that he lost 1,500 students each semester because the complicated FAFSA discouraged students and their families from applying.
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