Symposium on college ratings program reveals partially developed structure. The Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics held a symposium of technical experts in the groups they’re consulting as they…
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DC Shuttle: Ed Dept. Delays Tech Symposium on Ratings System
Department of Education delays symposium on college rating system. The Education Department has again rescheduled its “technical symposium” on the administration’s proposed college ratings system. The new date for the…
DC Shuttle: Obama Pushes College Access for Low-Income Students
Obama speaks on college access. President Obama announced a new initiative aimed at increasing low-income students’ access to higher education that relies on commitments from states, universities, nonprofit organizations and…
DC Shuttle: Harkin Calls for Raising Minimum Wage, Funding Early Ed Bills
Harkin releases 2014 priorities. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), the retiring chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, told the Washington Post that his New Year’s resolutions…
DC Shuttle: Vermont Racing to the Top
Health and Human Services announces early learning grants. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that six states, including Vermont, would be awarded Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge…
DC Shuttle: Eye on Funding in Capital
Budget deal changes loan-collection policies. Two changes involving the collection of federal student loan debt would contribute about $5 billion in savings to the broad budget deal announced last week….
DC Shuttle: PARCC, Pell, PISA … And That’s Just the P’s
Pell Grants subject of House hearing on Higher Ed Act. The House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training held a hearing on Pell Grants…
DC Shuttle: Testing, Testing and Testing
Study on frequent testing. According to a study released in the journal PLoS One, frequent testing improves overall performance in college students and reduces achievement gaps. University use of patents….
DC Shuttle: House and Senate Hearings Focus on Student Aid
House and Senate hearings on federal student aid. Both chambers of Congress discussed ways to restructure the federal government’s student aid programs. The House Education and the Workforce Committee held…
DC Shuttle: Among Capital Happenings, Sens Propose Bill to Discourage For-profit’s Predatory Marketing
Bill targets for-profit schools’ funding. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act (S.1659), which would aim to make for-profit colleges and universities…