"Since the last reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act, nearly a decade ago, Congress has wrestled with what, if anything, it should do about rising college tuitions. As part of the current reauthorization, the House of Representatives is considering an education-committee bill that would require all colleges with federal student-aid recipients to report their tuition increases to the federal government every year," writes Arthur Hauptman, a public-policy consultant, in The Chronicle of Higher Education. "The premise is that the harsh glare of adverse publicity will shame institutions with the highest tuition increases into slowing their price hikes. The bill's provisions would also require those institutions to establish cost-cutting committees, as well as reward colleges that limit future increases with more student aid. But although the intent of such provisions is to restrain and moderate rising prices, the probable result will be that most institutions will manage to avoid being on the 'Hall of Shame' list, and tuitions at many colleges will continue to climb significantly."