A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House passed H.R. 5587, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, with a vote of 405-5. The legislation reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. ADMINISTRATION ED announced this year’s “Opportunity […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. ADMINISTRATION The owner of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education, a chain of for-profit colleges, filed a lawsuit in Federal court over […]
Last Week in Congress and the Administration HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) along with House Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) and House Higher Education […]
Last Week in Congress and the Administration HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. Senate Help, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said that Tennessee’s free community college program is a model for other states. ADMINISTRATION Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton […]
August 16, 2016 Last Week in Congress and the Administration HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) along with higher education subcommittee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary […]
August 9, 2016 Last Week in Congress and the Administration HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) along with 19 Senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) […]
August 2, 2016 Last Week in Congress and the Administration HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) released proposed regulations on the state authorization of distance education programs and foreign campus locations under the Higher Education Act […]
July 26, 2016 Last Week in Congress and the Administration HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. ADMINISTRATION The White House announced its Advanced Wireless Research Initiative. This new program will enable the deployment and use of four city-scale testing platforms for advanced wireless […]
Last Week in Congress and the Administration HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. The U.S. House of Representatives passed several higher education related bills for which RAMC issued a statement of support, that the House Education and the Workforce Committee had approved on a bipartisan […]