DC Shuttle … Labor Dept Issues New Internship Guidance. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced changes to the way it defines interns. DOL issued an updated fact sheet on… Read more »
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House Bill to Reauthorize Higher Ed Act Would Squeeze Traditional Colleges
DC Shuttle … Response and Debate Follow Committee Passing of HEA Reauthorization. The House bill (H.R. 4508) to reauthorize the Higher Education Act would overhaul the federal student aid programs… Read more »
Opening Scenes in Higher Ed Act
DC Shuttle … House Education and Workforce Committee Passes HEA Reauthorization. The House Education and the Workforce Committee marked up and passed legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. The… Read more »
Tax Bill Moving Despite Widespread Opposition
DC Shuttle … Tax Bill Moves Forward Despite Educators’ Resistance. Both the U.S. House and Senate voted to go to conference on their versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs… Read more »
Draft HEA Reauthorization Would Nix Some Loan Forgiveness, Nip Some of Secretary’s Authority
DC Shuttle … House Ed and Workforce Releases Draft HEA Reauthorization. Republican leadership of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce released a bill that would reauthorize the… Read more »
FAFSA … It’s That Simple?
DC Shuttle … FAFSA Simplification Hearing and Bill. The Senate Health, Education Labor & Pensions (HELP) committee will hold a hearing on Nov. 28 to take a look at simplifying… Read more »
Senate, Like House, Would Tax Endowments, but Go Easier on Other Higher Ed Provisions
DC Shuttle … Senate Releases Tax Bill. The Republican-led U.S. Senate released a tax bill that would impose a new 1.4% excise tax on the earnings of endowments at private… Read more »
GOP Plan Would Tax Endowments, Slam Higher Ed Breaks
DC Shuttle … House Tax Plan Would Hit Higher Education. Republican leadership in the U.S. House released its draft “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which would have major implications for… Read more »
Speaking Freely?
DC Shuttle … Hearing on Free Speech on Campus. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on free speech on college campuses. The only legislation… Read more »
Protecting the Dream?
DC Shuttle … College Presidents Ask for Solution to Dreamers’ Status. Presidents from almost 800 colleges and universities sent a letter to leaders of Congress, calling on them to “pass… Read more »