Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. HOUSE The House is in recess and will return on Tuesday, July 5. The House Education and Workforce Committee passed the following bills by voice vote: H.R. 5529, Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act; […]
When The White House announced last week its “Fair Chance” higher education pledge, it caught the eye of RAMC, in particular our board member Rob Denson, president of Des Moines Community College in Iowa. The notion of “Fair Chance” is that colleges will make pledges to help those who have been accused or convicted of […]
Washington, DC, June 21, 2016 – Dr. Joe May, board president, Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), and chancellor, Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), issued the following statement in advance of the House Education & Workforce Committee’s mark-up of pending legislation, scheduled to take place tomorrow morning: “Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), a coalition of […]
Our coalition of community colleges, called Rebuilding America’s Middle Class, is made up of leading community college practitioners who have an acute understanding that policies set in Washington, DC can have a profound impact on our ability to serve students. We’re very pleased that one of our priorities – a resumption and expansion of summer […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION ED released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on borrower defense and related matters. Related to borrower defense, the NPRM would establish a new process for borrowers to assert a defense to […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. HOUSE House Republicans released a new set of proposals focused on poverty, opportunity and upward mobility, the first piece of their policy agenda, A Better Way. This included recommendations for strengthening early childhood […]
Written by Joe May, President, Dallas County (TX) Community College District As new Education Secretary John King prepares to visit Milwaukee to give his first commencement address at a community college next week, he is well aware of the challenges facing our country, ones that start in the classroom but also extend into the workplace, […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. Last Week in Congress and the Administration HOUSE and SENATE The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a committee hearing on the Obama Administration’s overtime rule on Thursday, June 9. Witnesses […]
Washington, DC, June 2, 2016 – Declaring that “meeting the financial needs of community college students is critical to the economic competitiveness of our country,” Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC) has written a letter to Congress urging restoration of the Summer Pell Grant program as part of the 2017 appropriations process. The author of […]
