This is the second Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee hearing this year focusing on college affordability. The focus is on institutions that are breaking with "business as usual" to implement promising strategies and practices, innovations, and initiatives to improve college affordability. The panel emphasizes efforts at the institutional level that are proving successful in curbing costs, both for colleges and students, while improving student access and student success. These innovations can help inform the committee's work in designing Federal policy, and may be worthy of being replicated and scaled up to help America regain and retain its global leadership. Following opening statements by Honorable Tom Harkin (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Michael B. Enzi (U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming), the following senators provided statements: (1) Honorable Richard Burr, U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina; (2) Honorable Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico; (3) Honorable Lamar Alexander (U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee); (4) Honorable Al Franken, U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota; (5) Honorable Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon; and (6) Honorable Kay R. Hagan, U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina. The following witnesses provided statements: (1) Donald E. Heller, Dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; (2) Steven Leath, President, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; (3) Jim Murdaugh, President, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, Florida; (4) Thomas J. Snyder, President, Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, Indiana; and (5) Carol A. Twigg, President and CEO, National Center for Academic Transformation, Miami, Florida. Additional material includes: (1) Response to questions of Senator Enzi by: Donald E. Heller, Steven Leath, Jim Murdaugh, Thomas Snyder, and Carol A. Twigg; and (2) Response to questions of Senator Bennet by: Steven Leath, Jim Murdaugh, and Carol A. Twigg.