On Wednesday, the House Education and Workforce Committee advanced the first bill (H.R. 1891) in a planned series of education reform legislation. Under the bill, which was approved along party…
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DC Shuttle: Bill to Boost STEM and other Higher Ed News from Washington
On Monday, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) announced that she and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation (S. 969) aimed at encouraging and improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education….
DC Shuttle: Dreaming and other Higher Ed News from Washington
On Friday, Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) introduced the first (H.R. 1891) of a series of education reform bills planned by the House Education and Workforce Committee. Congressman Hunter chairs the…
DC Shuttle: Gainful Employment and Other Higher Ed News from Washington
The U.S. Education Department is going ahead with its proposed “gainful employment” rules for for-profit colleges, despite industry advocates calling on Congress and the courts to intervene. Originally scheduled to…
The DC Shuttle: Higher Education News from Washington
On Thursday, the House and Senate both passed a fiscal year 2011 budget compromise (H.R. 1473) which would make almost $40 billion in cuts to federal spending. The bill is…
House to Vote on Package Boosting Free Community College, Higher Pell Grants, Pre-K, Childcare
DC Shuttle … Hearings & Markups of Interest(Due to current limited access to the U.S. Capitol complex, the general public is encouraged to view these hearings via live stream.) The… Read more »
CDC Reduces School Physical Distancing Guidance to Three Feet
DC Shuttle … Hearings/Markups of Interest. The House Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a hearing Charting the Path to Educational Equity Post-COVID-19… Read more »
House Passes Pandemic Recovery Bill; CDC Issues New Guidance for Higher Ed
DC Shuttle … House Passes $2.2 Trillion Recovery Legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives passed pandemic recovery support legislation (H.R. 8406). Though it is unlikely to become law in its… Read more »
A Supreme Hearing for Loan Forgiveness
DC Shuttle … U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Student Debt Forgiveness Case in February. The Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in debt for millions of federal student… Read more »
Federal Student Aid Policies Benefit Upper-Middle-Class White Families, Says National Report
DC Shuttle … Generating an Unnecessary Inequity. “The federal student aid formula disproportionately benefits upper-middle-class white families,” according to a new paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The… Read more »