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Troubling Maintenance-of-Effort Requirement in Education Jobs BillNAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010The $26 billion education jobs and state Medicaid funding bill passed by Congress in early August included a "maintenance of effort" (MOE) requirement for states to keep up their funding for public K-12 and public higher education - but fails to similarly protect state funding for student aid programs or funds for private colleges. It is critically important for NAICU, the state executives, and member presidents to continue to work with congressional and state representatives on the issue - educating them about the MOE's unintended consequences on students. |
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For-Profit College Helps Employees Complain About U.S. ProposalsInside Higher Ed September 2, 2010Education Management Corporation, the company that runs the Art Institutes, Argosy University and other for-profit colleges, has turned to external consultants to help employees craft letters voicing opposition to the U.S. Department of Education's proposed regulations on "gainful employment." CEO Todd Nelson wrote to employees last week asking them to cooperate with representatives from DGI Group who would write personalized letters on behalf of employees, which they could then sign and send to Education Secretary Arne Duncan. |
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First Report From Research Center Created by U. of Phoenix Attacks Critics of For-Profit EducationChronicle of Higher Education September 2, 2010Two years ago, the founders of the University of Phoenix announced plans to create an independent, nonpartisan research institute to examine meaty educational issues affecting nontraditional students and for-profit higher education. But its first report, released Thursday, sings the praises of the University of Phoenix and other for-profit colleges. It argues that many of the problems of the industry highlighted in Congressional hearings and news accounts are not systemic, and lobs an attack on traditional colleges as "studies in inefficiency." |
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Another Press Stops PublishingInside Higher Ed September 2, 2010Susquehanna University has quietly placed its university press "on hiatus," the latest in a series of such actions that appear to be eroding the academic publishing role of small universities. Susquehanna is an undergraduate institution, and while other universities that have recently stopped or suspended publishing operations also have graduate programs, these institutions are generally smaller universities. Among those suspending or halting operations have been Rice University, Southern Methodist University and the University of Scranton. |
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VA Publishes State Maximum Tuition and Fee Numbers for 2010-11NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010On August 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs published the state-by-state maximum tuition and fee levels to be used for the calculation of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for the 2010-11 academic year. With a few exceptions, the maximum payment per credit hour increased modestly. |
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Publication of Financial Responsibility Scores Creates Unfair Fiscal PictureNAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010Recently, 150 non-profit, private colleges were the subject of unexpected, and often unfairly negative, media coverage of their financial situations when the Chronicle of Higher Education published an unofficial list from the Department of Education purporting to measure institutions' basic fiscal health. NAICU has been working, with two other associations, in encouraging the Department of Education to review and update their current assessment formula which has not kept pace with today's economic world. |
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Proposed Rules on Gainful Employment Continue to Roil the WatersNAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010The news media continue to turn out stories and commentaries in the wake of the Department of Education's proposed "gainful employment" rules and Sen. Tom Harkin's August 4 hearing that scalded the for-profit sector. Lost in all the media frenzy, though, are the implications of the proposed regulations on non-profit and public colleges. The department has estimated that 2,139 public institutions - many of them community colleges - and nearly 250 private, non-profit colleges would have credential programs falling under the rules. |
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2010 Tax Extender Bill Possible During Lame Duck SessionNAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010It appears that higher education tax extenders are increasingly likely to be pushed to the post-election "lame-duck" session of Congress, along with funding for the student aid programs. Senate staff remain unconvinced that the Senate will be able to pass a retroactive extension of the already-expired 2009 tax extenders prior to the November elections. However, the Senate Finance Committee is moving forward with plans to address extending a multitude of 2010 expiring provisions before the end of 2010. |
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September 17 is Constitution DayNAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010Under legislation enacted in 2005, educational institutions receiving federal funds are required to hold an educational program relating to the U.S. Constitution on Sept 17 - the day the Constitution was signed in 1787. NAICU encourages all of our members to embrace this opportunity to advance civic education. The federal provision doesn't define "educational program," so institutions have a great deal of latitude - and there are resources and idea-starters available on line. |
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Administration Announces Revisions in Export ControlsNAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010President Obama has announced plans for comprehensive changes in the current export control system. The announcement followed a year-long review of the system that concluded the current system is "overly complicated, contains too many redundancies, and, in trying to protect too much, diminishes our ability to focus our efforts on the most critical national security priorities." Given the implications for campus research, colleges and universities have been particularly interested in addressing the ambiguities and inconsistencies in the system. |
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