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RAMC Washington Wrap Up – September 11, 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 the Treasury and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations to end Federal tax-exempt status for private nonprofit schools that demonstrate preferential treatment on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin. […]
RAMC Washington Wrap Up – September 4, 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 published a proposed rule to establish a $103,265 fee for certain H-1B petitions. The rule exempts higher education institutions from the new fee. ED released a proposed rule to amend the Education Department […]
RAMC Washington Wrap Up – August 28, 2026
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION ED approved the second Workforce Pell eligible program, which was for a Clinical Medical Assistant program at Ivy Tech Community College in the State of Indiana. ED issued a proposed rule on higher education accreditation. ED will accept comments […]
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 […]