DC Shuttle … NEBHE, NEC Leaders Pen Talent Pipeline Op-Ed. New England Council President Jim Brett joined New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) President Michael K. Thomas to author… Read more »
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Gainfully Repealed?
DC Shuttle … Education Department to Repeal Gainful Employment Regulation. The U.S. Education Department announced plans to repeal the “gainful employment” rule, which sought to punish higher education programs whose… Read more »
Trump Executive Order Encourages Workforce Development
DC Shuttle … Companies Pledge Apprenticeships at White House Event. The White House announced a new “Pledge to America’s Workers” initiative to design an apprenticeship strategy and encourage companies to… Read more »
Going to Fund Like It’s 2019, Plus Retreat on Race in Admissions and Beefing Up School Safety
DC Shuttle … House Appropriations Committee Passes 2019 Education Funding Bill. The House Appropriations Committee approved, 30 to 22, a $177.1 billion bill to fund the departments of Labor, Education,… Read more »
Feds, States Grappling with Career and Tech Ed
DC Shuttle … Congress Advancing Perkins CTE Reauthorization. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee marked up a bill to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical… Read more »
Another Government Reinvention, Starting with Merger of Education and Labor Departments?
DC Shuttle … President Proposes Government Reorganization. President Donald Trump proposed a full-scale government reorganization, titled “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century: Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations.” The plans… Read more »
Bill Would Bar States from Suspending Licenses Over Unpaid Student Loans
DC Shuttle … Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Drivers Licenses in Student Loan Default. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bill, the Protecting JOBs Act,… Read more »
Collecting Data
DC Shuttle … Support for Data Collection Bill Grows. The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities gave support to legislation it had previously opposed, potentially paving the way for… Read more »
DeVos on ICE
DC Shuttle … DeVos Comments on Undocumented Students Highlights House Hearing. The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing on the U.S. Department of Education and heard testimony… Read more »
Senate Would Edge Up Labor-HHS-Education Funding
DC Shuttle … Senate Appropriations Chair Announces 2019 Education Spending. Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Roy Blunt (R-MO) announced that the allocation for Labor-HHS-Education for the 2019 fiscal year beginning… Read more »