"Billed as the most ambitious higher education legislation in years, a measure recently approved by a congressional committee has a number of provisions that may help students and community colleges for years to come," Diverse reports. "[T]ucked into the bill are many other provisions likely to change the federal role in everything from campus-based student aid to financial aid applications. One significant winner would be community colleges, which would stand to gain more than $9 billion under goals to improve infrastructure and college completion rates. 'This is going to be one of the most monumental pieces of legislation for higher education in some time,' said Gregory Cendana, president of the United States Student Association. 'It speaks to the need to prioritize investment in higher education.'"