With a June 30 deadline quickly approaching, lawmakers are running out of time to prevent student loan rates from doubling. Leadership from both parties has said that a compromise will…
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DC Shuttle: Maximum Pell Grant Increased; Education Dept. Updates Lists of College Costs
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted along party lines to approve FY2013 authorization for Labor-HHS-Education programs, including $68.5 billion for the Department of Education. This includes an $85 increase…
DC Shuttle: 10 Colleges Commit to White House Plan to Give Students Clearer Price Info; Rise in Student Loan Interest Rates Looming
On Tuesday, administration officials announced a White House partnership with 10 colleges and universities to give students better information on the cost of higher education and financial aid options. The…
DC Shuttle: More Haggling Over How to Pay for Student Loan Interest Rate Extension, College Access
In a bid to break the stalemate over offsets for student loan interest rate legislation, Republican leadership in the House and Senate proposed two alternative proposals on Thursday. While general…
DC Shuttle: STEM’ing Immigration; Measuring Higher Ed Productivity; Funding Upward Bound
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced legislation Wednesday to create a new category of student visas for those studying in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)…
DC Shuttle: How to Pay for Student Loan Interest Rate Extension
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans blocked a motion to proceed on the Senate Democrats’ bill (S. 2343) to extend current interest rates on federal student loans for one year. With a…
DC Shuttle: To Hold Down Student Loan Interest Rates, Congress Weighs Cuts to Health Law, Closing Tax Benefits for Oil and Gas Cos.
On Wednesday, Senate Democrats introduced a bill (S. 2343) to extend the current interest rate on subsidized student loans for one year beyond the July 1 expiration date. The Congressional…
DC Shuttle: Bill Would Make Sure Student Aid Funds Aren’t Spent on Marketing
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Tom Harkin (D-IA) is sponsoring legislation to prevent colleges from using federal student aid revenue, including Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits,…
DC Shuttle: Secy Duncan Urges Deal Before Sequestration Cuts; Former Secy Alexander Calls for Shifting K-12 Funds to Students
At a hearing of the House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan defended the administration’s budget proposal for FY2013. Committee Chair John Kline (R-MN) repeated…
DC Shuttle: Congress Begins Examining Obama Ed Proposals
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan testified in support of the administration’s recent proposed higher education reforms at a Tuesday hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee with jurisdiction over education….