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RAMC Washington Wrap Up – August 21, 2026
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Institute of Education Sciences (IES) announced the launch of IES’s Fiscal Year 2027 research grant competitions. CONGRESS The U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund Federal agencies through December 11, with some exceptions, before leaving for […]
RAMC Washington Wrap Up – August 14, 2026
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) approved the first Workforce Pell Grant, which was for an Emergency Medical Technician program at Iowa Central Community College. ED released a letter from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon asking universities to […]
RAMC Washington Wrap Up – August 7, 2026
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED)’s Office of Federal Student Aid and some of its staff relocated to a U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) building pursuant to the Interagency Agreement between ED and Treasury. A proposed rule published in […]
RAMC Letter urging Congressional Appropriators and The U.S. Department of Education to fund additional implementation grants for Workforce Pell.
In two letters, one to Congressional Appropriators and one to the U.S. Department of Education, Dr. Monty Sullivan, President of Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), a coalition of community colleges, urged Congress and the Department to support additional funding for Workforce Pell implementation grants through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). To […]
RAMC Washington Wrap Up – July 31, 2026
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) published final regulations eliminating disparate-impact liability provisions from regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. ED announced the elimination of the Methods of Administrations (MOA) program from the regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil […]
RAMC President, Dr. Monty Sullivan, Selected to be President of the North Carolina Community College System
The North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges announced that they have selected Dr. Monty Sullivan, President of Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), to serve as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Community College System. To read the statement from the State Board in full, click here.
RAMC Washington Wrap Up – July 24, 2026
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a final rule limiting F-1 and J-1 students’ stay in the U.S. to four years unless they receive an approved extension, replacing the previous policy that allowed students to remain […]
RAMC Washington Wrap Up – July 17, 2026
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION The Administration released the Fall 2026 Unified Regulatory Agenda, outlining the planned regulatory actions for the coming months for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and other Federal agencies. CONGRESS The House Education and Workforce Committee announced the introduction […]