Higher Education Act

Democratic Take on the Higher Education Act

Democratic Take on the Higher Education Act

Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum Senator Patty Murray said Thursday that an overhaul of the Higher Education Act should tackle college affordability directly by addressing state investment in public colleges and boosting federal spending on need-based aid programs like Pell Grants. Murray, the ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate’s education […]

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Education Dept.’s Deregulation Push Gets Mixed Reviews

Education Dept.’s Deregulation Push Gets Mixed Reviews

Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum An enduring tension in federal higher education policy making is the balancing act between protecting students and taxpayers on the one hand and allowing for innovative instruction and business models on the other. New administrations typically emphasize one over the other, swinging the policy […]

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Democrats Unveil HEA Reauthorization Bill

Democrats Unveil HEA Reauthorization Bill

Career Education Colleges and Universities All 17 Democrats on the Committee on Education and the Workforce today unveiled the Aim Higher Act—a reflection of the House Democrats’ vision for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), the senior ranking Democrat on the Committee, called the proposal an […]

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Congress Makes Quiet Progress on Higher Education | The Report | US News | US News

Congress Makes Quiet Progress on Higher Education | The Report | US News | US News

US News Behind the scenes, Congress is making progress on revamping the Higher Education Act By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter | Feb. 9, 2018, at 6:00 a.m. Congress might be log-jammed, with all eyes focused on blockbuster issues like Russian interference with U.S. elections, ensuing FBI investigations, the latest looming government shutdown and […]

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House GOP pushes innovation and deregulation with Higher Education Act overhaul

House GOP pushes innovation and deregulation with Higher Education Act overhaul

Inside Higher Ed ‘Too Much, Too Fast’? GOP’s Higher Education Act rewrite would give a boost to competency-based education, short-term certificates and alternative providers, but experts worry about the bill’s lack of safeguards. By Paul Fain December 14, 2017 The Republican-led Congress’s early attempt at rewriting the federal Higher Education Act uses incentives […]

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