1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Education Affordable Act . 2. Credit-based academic transition programs Part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1138 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating section 745 as section 746; (2) in section 746, as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking fiscal year 2009 and inserting fiscal year 2018