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Click here to view Together We Can, NAICU's policy "quick-take," which was sent to all 2008 presidential candidates.
Web Interviews Look at Student Loan Prospects
Sarah Flanagan, NAICU's VP for Government Relations, was interviewed at length on the prospects for student loans on the MuniMarket Pulse podcast site (scroll to May 5 listing). She earlier discussed the same topic on the Web-based Dave Baum Show (go to the TalkZone Web site, and scroll down to "College Loans").
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House OKs plan to improve GI education benefits
Associated Press
May 15, 2008
The House on Thursday passed a Democratic plan sharply boosting education benefits for Iraq-Afghanistan veterans. The 266-166 fell short of the two-thirds needed to overcome a promised veto by President Bush. The Democratic plan would impose a surtax on individual incomes exceeding $500,000 to pay for the 10-year, $52 billion cost of boosting the GI Bill to provide Iraq veterans with college educations. 
Higher Education Act Nears Completion, but Major Hurdles Remain
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 15, 2008
Aides to members of Congress are hoping to wrap up their negotiations by the end of the week, with the goal of publishing a bill on Monday. Congress could then name members to a conference committee on Wednesday and schedule votes on the bill before Memorial Day. But with several issues unresolved, and at least one senator threatening to put a hold on the bill if his demands are not met, that target seems increasingly unrealistic.
Education Dept. Easing Off on Preferred-Lender Limits
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 15, 2008
In a letter sent last Friday to colleges, the Education Department said it will allow a temporary relaxation of rules, which it put in place just last November, concerning a requirement that institutions name at least three unaffiliated loan companies when compiling a list of "preferred lenders."
Other News
Washington Takes Steps to Avert Student Loan Crisis
NAICU Washington Update
May 13, 2008
Both Congress and the administration took significant steps in the past 10 days to help avert a credit crisis in the student loan programs. In stark contrast to progress on the Higher Education Act, Congress acted with unusual alacrity to pass legislation designed to avoid a potential breakdown of the student loan system.
Massachusetts Looks at Nation's First Endowment Tax
NAICU Washington Update
May 13, 2008
Desperate to fill a budget gap, the Massachusetts legislature is considering a college endowment tax. The proposal, believed to be unprecedented in the United States, would apply to institutions with endowments larger than $1 billion.
Pfeiffer mourns loss of former president
Stanly, N.C., News and Press
May 14, 2008
Pfeiffer University's sixth president Dr. Cameron P. West, died May 11 at age 87. West's leadership was central in founding the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) and he is also credited for his leadership in the creation of the North Carolina Legislative Tuition Grant, which has enabled hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians to afford access to baccalaureate higher education at the state's independent colleges and universities.
Warner Pacific College president to retire
Portland, Ore., Business Journal
May 14, 2008
Jay A. Barber, president of Warner Pacific College, on Wednesday said he is retiring, effective May 31. Barber, who has been president for 12 years, will continue to work as a consultant to the college during the search for new leadership for the Southeast Portland-based Christian liberal arts college.
What's So Odd About Religious Colleges?
Wall Street Journal - Column
May 13, 2008
Kent Gramm, who has taught at Wheaton College for two decades, chose to resign from the school rather than discuss the reasons for his divorce with the requisite members of the Wheaton community. Because he has told his story to the media, his plight has received national attention. And because of that attention, a small evangelical school now finds itself derided as a group of pinched old authoritarians out of touch with the realities of 21st century America. Then again, you might say that being out of touch is the point.
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