"When the House overwhelmingly passed the College Opportunity and Affordability Act last week, the Democratic leadership found itself in a self-congratulatory mood," The Politico reports. "But student activists are giving the legislation mixed grades. Although they are pleased with the provisions that made it into the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, they are disappointed with those that did not. Chief among their frustrations: The final package did not include an amendment, offered by Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), that would have made student loans, like many other forms of debt, dischargeable in bankruptcy, and it did not repeal a provision of the 1998 Higher Education Act that strips students of their federal aid if they are convicted of any drug offense."