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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Hill Just Do It!: Modernize the Higher Education Act BY FORMER REP. STEVE GUNDERSON (R-WIS.), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 04/10/18 11:35 AM EDT 26 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL The last time Congress reauthorized the Higher Education Act was in 2008. George […]
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 […]
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 […]
Inside Higher Ed GOP Seeks to Shift Accountability for Colleges While for-profits get the relief they’ve long clamored for, the GOP’s proposed overhaul of the Higher Education Act would add performance-funding standards for most colleges. By Andrew Kreighbaum December 4, 2017 Education groups scrambled Friday to dissect a massive bill from Republicans in […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education Landmark Law on Higher Education Should Be Scrapped, DeVos Suggests By Adam Harris JUNE 21, 2017 For the second time in as many months, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has suggested that it’s time to scrap the legislation that governs federal higher-education policy and to start […]
CECU 5/22/2017 Association Offers the Most Comprehensive, First-of-its-Kind Proposal to Connect the HEA to Jobs – Effort Underway to Convert Recommendations into Two Separate Bipartisan Bills May 22, 2017 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) today unveiled a set of landmark proposals to modernize and […]