Posts Tagged ‘New England Council’
DC Shuttle: Cracking Down on Visa Fraud
by The New England Council
July 30, 2012
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security held a hearing on preventing student visa fraud and addressing "sham" institutions that commit fraud to attain visas and enroll foreign students. The hearing was held in response to a report released last month by the Government ...
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DC Shuttle: House Spending Bill Calls for Deep Ed Cuts; New Reports Question “Private” Loans, Student Visa Oversight
by The New England Council
July 23, 2012
The FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill adopted by a House Appropriations subcommittee panel on Wednesday would reduce funding for the U.S. Department of Education by $1.1 billion from 2012 levels and eliminate funding for the Obama administration's Race to the Top Program. It would also rescind $400 million in unspent ...
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DC Shuttle: More than Half of States Granted NCLB Waivers, Including Va., which Hasn’t Adopted Common Core
by The New England Council
July 16, 2012
On July 6, the states of Washington and Wisconsin were granted waivers by the U.S. Department of Education from the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, South Dakota and Utah had waivers approved on June 29. Twenty-six states have now been granted waivers while ...
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DC Shuttle: Lawmakers Agree to Hold Down Loan Rates, Penalize For-Profits Where Repayment Lags; Officials Mark Land Grants at 150
by The New England Council
July 2, 2012
With time ticking down, lawmakers voted to keep student loan interest rate for federally subsidized Stafford loans at 3.4% for another year, attaching the compromise language, formerly H.R. 4628, to the highway bill (H.R. 4348). The measure passed the House and Senate on Friday. Had Congress not acted, the current ...
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DC Shuttle: Parties Tangle Over Student Loan Rates as Deadline Nears
by The New England Council
June 25, 2012
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 be coming before the deadline and suggested on Friday that they are close to a deal. In 2007, Congress approved PL ...
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DC Shuttle: Maximum Pell Grant Increased; Education Dept. Updates Lists of College Costs
by The New England Council
June 18, 2012
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 in the maximum Pell Grant award level, from $5,550 to $5,635, beginning in the 2013-14 school year. Funding for most other student financial aid programs ...
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DC Shuttle: 10 Colleges Commit to White House Plan to Give Students Clearer Price Info; Rise in Student Loan Interest Rates Looming
by The New England Council
June 11, 2012
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 schools, which include the University of Massachusetts System, have voluntarily committed to adopting an information sheet for incoming students to help them understand the costs ...
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DC Shuttle: More Haggling Over How to Pay for Student Loan Interest Rate Extension, College Access
by The New England Council
June 4, 2012
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 agreement exists on the desire to extend the current 3.4% interest rate on federal student loans for one year, delaying an ...
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DC Shuttle: STEM’ing Immigration; Measuring Higher Ed Productivity; Funding Upward Bound
by The New England Council
May 21, 2012
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) fields. The bill would create a new category of non-immigrant visa for foreign students pursuing a master's degree or doctorate in the ...
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DC Shuttle: How to Pay for Student Loan Interest Rate Extension
by The New England Council
May 15, 2012
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 vote of 52-45, the cloture motion failed to garner the needed 60 votes to proceed. Republicans objected to Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) refusal to ...
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