DC Shuttle … House Committee Passes Perkins Reauthorization. The House Education and the Workforce Committee unanimously approved a reauthorization of the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. The Strengthening Career… Read more »
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Getting Technical
DC Shuttle … Perkins CTE Reauthorization Bill Introduced. Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced a bill designed to reauthorize and reform… Read more »
Supremes Uphold Affirmative Action
DC Shuttle … Supreme Court Rules to Uphold Affirmative Action. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the race-conscious admissions policy at the University of Texas at Austin is constitutional. The… Read more »
Accreditor of For-Profits Grilled
DC Shuttle … Accreditor Under Fire. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), the accreditor for many for-profit institutions, was in front of the U.S. Department of Education… Read more »
Senate Would Restore Year-Round Pell Grants
DC Shuttle … Appropriations Bill Funds Ed Dept, Increases Pell Grants and Medical Research Funding. The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill (S. 3040) through subcommittee… Read more »
Back to the Base
DC Shuttle … Amendment Controversy Over For-Profits on Bases. The debate is intensifying on Capitol Hill over for-profit colleges’ access to military bases. Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dick Durbin… Read more »
Senate Orders Smoother Loan Forgiveness for Disabled Veterans
DC Shuttle … Amendment Approved for Veteran Loan Forgiveness. The Senate approved an amendment to allow veterans access to loan forgiveness. Sen. Angus King (I-ME) had introduced the amendment to… Read more »
Supremes May Sing on Loan Agency’s Status
DC Shuttle … Supreme Court May Consider Student Loan Case. The U.S. Supreme Court met privately to determine whether it will take up the case of Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance… Read more »
Federal Funds Would Boost Community College-Job Training Partnerships
DC Shuttle … Vice President Announces Competitive Grants for Community Colleges. Vice President Joe Biden announced a program to award $100 million in competitive grants to fund public-private partnerships among… Read more »
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch … or Free Bathroom?
DC Shuttle … Updates to 2010 Child Nutrition Act Introduced. U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) introduced H.R. 5003, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016. The bill is… Read more »