The first of 17 hearings to take place outside of Washington D.C. on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 occurred in Kansas City, Missouri and included testimony by students and educational administrators from the area. The subcommittee heard testimony primarily concerning Title IV which provides loans to students to enable them to attend the college, university, private career school, or job training program of their choice. Accordingly the following witnesses submitted testimony: Loretta Bayless, student at Longview Community College; Bob Berger, administrator, Missouri Western State College; Steve Brainard, President, Maple Woods Community College; Susan Everson, Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory; Brice Harris for Metropolitan Community Colleges and Missourians for Higher Education; Frances D. Horowitz, for the University of Kansas; Dean Hubbard, Northwest Missouri State University; Gordon Kingsley, President, William Jewell College; Peter Magrath, University of Missouri System; Michael Ryan, student, University of Missouri at Kansas City; Michael Vander Velde, President, Missouri Association of Private Career Schools. The document also includes the prepared statements of Gene Budig, Honorable E. Thomas Coleman, Consortium of State Student Associations, Bradford L. Hartzler, Eric Jensen, Bradley Kranda, and William J. Mann. Also included are over 125 letters from constituents of Missouri Representative Thomas Coleman. (JB)