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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Higher Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training will hold a subcommittee hearing on accountability at the Corporation […]
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 The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold a committee hearing on the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act on Tuesday, […]
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 and Senate will be in recess next week, the House will return on May 10 and the Senate will return on […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. Of Note: The White House announced $100 million in grants to help community colleges partner with local businesses and organizations, such as nonprofits and workforce development boards, to expand tuition-free training programs. Last […]