DC Shuttle: 10 Colleges Commit to White House Plan to Give Students Clearer...
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....
View ArticlePew Words About Student Debt
Nearly one in five American households maintains student loan debt, up from 15% in 2007 and 10% in 1989, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center. The report also states that rates of...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Congress Scrutinizes Colleges’ Unrelated Biz Income; Takes...
Rewriting K-12 law. On Tuesday, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on state and local accountability systems for education. Chair John Kline (R-MN) outlined four...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Congress Hears Ed Regs Are “Costly, Vague, Complicated or...
Student loan interest rates. On Thursday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee approved legislation (H.R. 1911) by a vote of 24-13 that would tie the interest rate on federal student loans...
View ArticleNew Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with Kantrowitz on Scholarships and...
In April, NEJHE launched its New Directions for Higher Education series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and practices. The first...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Grants Would Connect Schools, Employers, Colleges in STEM; U.S....
STEM education. On Thursday, Rep. Bill Foster (R-IL) introduced the 21st Century STEM Competitive Jobs Act, cosponsored by Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Joe Kennedy...
View ArticleWe’ve Let Student Loans Become a Horror Story … Now Is Time to Face It
For the past 30 years, the student debt issue has been slowly simmering. Government loans quietly edged out grants as the primary form of financial aid, while college tuitions continued their rise. All...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Still Wrestling with Student Loan Interest; No Child Left Behind
Student loan rates. The Senate rejected two proposals to extend low interest rates on student loans after they expire on July 1. Without legislation, interest rates will double from 3.4% to 6.8% with...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Harkin Proposes Student Accountability Systems
ESEA reauthorization approved by committee. At a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) markup on Tuesday, lawmakers considered the Senate Democrats' proposal, the...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Teacher Quality Under Scrutiny on Capitol Hill
House committee OKs ESEA reauthorization. On Wednesday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee approved a proposed reauthorization to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) by a...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: SCOTUS Ruling Suggests Colleges Can Continue to Use Diversity as...
Supreme Court affirmative action ruling. On Monday, the Supreme Court released a ruling in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The 7-1 decision was indecisive, remanding the case for...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Many Progressives Wary of Senate-Approved Loan Rate, GOP Ed Reforms
Senate approves student loan interest rate bill. On Wednesday, the Senate approved the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act by a vote of 81 to 18. House leadership has promised swift approval of the...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Loan Rate Bill on to WH; Workforce Reauthorization Trudges Ahead;...
Student loan interest rate bill sent to president. On Wednesday, the House approved the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (H.R. 1911) by a vote of 392 to 31. The Senate passed the legislation the...
View ArticleWarren Recommendation on Student Debt: What Will Work to Help America’s...
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has had concerns about student debt for decades. Her recent solution seeks to redistribute tax revenue from the richest Americans to enable students to refinance their...
View ArticleNew England’s Disadvantaged Populations Struggle the Most with Student Debt...
Regularly reported statistics about high and growing student-loan debt levels, combined with increased rates of delinquency and default, have prompted calls to address the student-debt “crisis.” For...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Grants Would Connect Schools, Employers, Colleges in STEM; U.S....
STEM education. On Thursday, Rep. Bill Foster (R-IL) introduced the 21st Century STEM Competitive Jobs Act, cosponsored by Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Joe Kennedy...
View ArticleWe’ve Let Student Loans Become a Horror Story … Now Is Time to Face It
For the past 30 years, the student debt issue has been slowly simmering. Government loans quietly edged out grants as the primary form of financial aid, while college tuitions continued their rise. All...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Still Wrestling with Student Loan Interest; No Child Left Behind
Student loan rates. The Senate rejected two proposals to extend low interest rates on student loans after they expire on July 1. Without legislation, interest rates will double from 3.4% to 6.8% with...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Harkin Proposes Student Accountability Systems
ESEA reauthorization approved by committee. At a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) markup on Tuesday, lawmakers considered the Senate Democrats’ proposal, the...
View ArticleDC Shuttle: Teacher Quality Under Scrutiny on Capitol Hill
House committee OKs ESEA reauthorization. On Wednesday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee approved a proposed reauthorization to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) by a...
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