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SACRAMENTO, CA—The Western Association for College Admission Counseling (WACAC) has hired Sacramento-based
education lobbyist Pamela Bachilla to represent the Association’s priorities in California and Nevada. WACAC
announced the decision at its annual Sacramento legislative conference, and Bachilla delivered her first testimony on
behalf of the organization at a hearing of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education on February 10.
House Ed and Labor Committee Passes Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Federal Update: March 24, 2009
The Fast Track to College Act (HR 1578) was introduced on March 18 by Congressman Dale Kildee (D-MI) and Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI).
The GIVE Act (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act), HR 1388, was approved by the House Education and Labor Committee last week.
Senate Bill (SB) 1186 (Chap. 518, Stats. 2008) was signed by the Governor on September 28, 2008. All changes became effective on January 1, 2009.
NEW YORK - Most everyone agrees that something is very wrong with the six-page federal form for families seeking help with college costs.
At Higher Ed Watch, we recently called on U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to open an investigation into allegations that the University of Phoenix, the country’s largest chain of for-profit colleges, had deliberately tried to manipulate its cohort default rate. While he’s at it, he should also examine the university’s student recruiting practices.
A federal grand jury has indicted three former Vatterott College employees for allegedly using bogus diplomas and other false documents to obtain federal financial aid for ineligible students.
As the dust began to settle and details slowly emerged about the composition of the compromise economic stimulus bill crafted by Congress, the picture for higher education was generally positive
>Economic Stimulus Package
>Private Lender Bailouts
>FAFSA Simplification
Hope you haven’t spent that stimulus money yet.
A compromise amendment worked out by moderate Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate late Friday slashed billions of dollars that would have flowed to colleges and universities in the Senate’s original version, with the biggest cuts coming in education aid to states and funds to modernize college facilities.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved its version of the economic stimulus package, about which it also released significantly more details than had been previously available.
WASHINGTON — The economic stimulus plan that Congress has scheduled for a vote on Wednesday would shower the nation’s school districts, child care centers and university campuses with $150 billion in new federal spending, a vast two-year investment that would more than double the Department of Education’s current budget.
Students, researchers, and colleges would benefit from new spending and tax breaks included in an $825-billion economic-stimulus plan that Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled on Thursday.
While your coverage regarding California state law AB 540 has highlighted some important issues, I’d like to underscore that the law—and good policy—dictate that we not discriminate against undocumented students who reside in California when offering in-state tuition to California high school graduates.
Washington - Former senator Claiborne Pell, best known for his advocacy for a 1970s programme that has helped 54 million low and moderate-income students attend college, died Thursday, media reports said. Pell served in the Senate representing Rhode Island from 1960 to 1996, shortly after he disclosed he suffered from Parkinson’s disease. But as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee from 1987 to 1994, he was regarded as a weak leader, the New York Times and Washington Post wrote.
DALLAS --Some state lawmakers want to revive immigration discussions by proposing more than a dozen bills that among other things would punish employers for hiring unauthorized workers, challenge the U.S. citizenship of immigrants’ U.S.-born children and reverse a Texas law that allows undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition.
Out-of-state and international students could help the public university system cushion cuts in funding, but could also keep out qualified local applicants.
Last week, Harris Miller, the president of the Career College Association (CCA), made an unusual request of the U.S. Department of Education. He asked the agency to bring only his group’s members to the table when it starts negotiating changes to regulations designed to protect students from unscrupulous trade schools.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. --A state appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit challenging a policy that allows some illegal immigrants to pay lower in-state tuition to attend California’s public colleges and universities.
Senator Barack Obama, responding in part to new competition for the women’s vote from Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, outlined his plan to overhaul education yesterday, pledging to double federal funding for public charter schools, spend $500 million to upgrade school technology, and award merit pay for teachers, including higher salaries for math and science instructors.
Sen. John McCain on Sunday came out against affirmative action, and endorsed ballot measures to bar public colleges and universities - and other state agencies - from considering race in admissions or hiring.
After months of negotiations, lawmakers have reached agreement on a long-delayed bill that would set federal higher-education policy for at least the next five years.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation today to help improve college access for low-income students. The Pathways to College Act would create a competitive grant program to help low-income school districts implement programs designed to increase the number of students who are entering and succeeding in college.
The National Association of College and University Business Officers is publishing a report today specifically designed for the handful of you who haven’t read absolutely every word Inside Higher Ed has published on the work of the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education
State organizations affiliated with Ward Connerly’s American Civil Rights Institute said this month they had gathered more than enough signatures to get measures limiting affirmative-action preferences on the November ballots in Arizona and Nebraska.
Last week, the Senate and House Appropriations Committees scheduled full committee markups of the FY09 appropriations bills. The Senate Committee approved it’s subcommittee’s funding levels, including a $69 increase in the maximum Pell Grant, which would bring the FY09 maximum grant to $4,800, including the mandatory funding provided by last fall’s reconciliation bill. The Senate Committee also provided a $10 million increase for TRIO and a $5 million increase for GEAR UP.
The University of Phoenix spent $278 million last year on advertising, most of it online — making Phoenix the top online advertiser in the United States. While Phoenix and a few of its competitors have mammoth student recruiting budgets — not to mention name recognition — most for-profit colleges don’t have either.
President Bush would win $162 billion in long-overdue funding to carry out military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year under a bipartisan agreement sealed on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Use this Memorial Day recess to contact your members of Congress in support of improved education benefits for veterans.
As members of Congress debated a proposal last winter that would have extended the time period the federal government uses to measure institutions’ student loan default rates,
The Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008
In recent months, turmoil in the U.S. credit markets has made it difficult for some lenders in the federally guaranteed student loan program to secure the capital needed to finance college loans, leading some lenders to scale back their lending activity.
DeVry Inc., which operates colleges nationwide, has agreed to turn over to the U.S. Education Department various documents related to compensation for student recruiters and others, Bloomberg reported
The House of Representatives approved the HEA reauthorization bill yesterday (HR 4137), by a vote of 354 to 58. The Senate approved their version unanimously in July. The next step for the HEA will be conference committee, where lawmakers from each chamber meet to reconcile the two versions of the bill.
With a major lawsuit challenging its admissions practices looming on the horizon, the Apollo Group — parent of the University of Phoenix — took a beating in another legal proceeding Wednesday.
to train new public school counselors in participating districts in California.
Session proposals are now being accepted for the 2008 IDEA.
NACAC’s Professional Development Committee invites you to submit a proposal for the 2008 National Conference in Seattle.
NACAC is pleased to announce a new collaboration with USA Today.
Updated Information Inlcude’s the California Wildfires.
Six Californians were recognized by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC).