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New Lobbying Rules Mean More Scrutiny for Colleges and Their Lobbyists Chronicle of Higher Education July 22, 2008 The rules require colleges and lobbyists to report their political contributions and certify that they are in compliance with a new ban on gifts to members of Congress.  Colleges and lobbyists must also report how much money they have spent on events honoring members of Congress and certain federal officials.  With the deadline for the first of the semiannual reports set for July 30, colleges are scrambling to track down receipts and educate their employees about the new rules.

Long Island universities pan Congress's high-tuition list plan Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. July 22, 2008 Private universities on Long Island and around the country say the government's latest plan to rein in the escalating cost of college is simply a tactic to try to scare schools into holding the line on tuition hikes. But, they say, shining a spotlight on schools that raise tuition actually could depress enrollment and force colleges to funnel money toward administration instead of education.  (Regional emphasis)

New Center Will Help Colleges Develop Their Study-Abroad Programs Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog July 22, 2008 The Center for Capacity Building in Study Abroad, a joint effort of NAFSA: Association of International Educators and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, will provide information, organize conferences, and create "action teams" of colleges that are looking to expand their study-abroad programs, according to its Web site.  It will also identify emerging study-abroad markets and advise colleges on how to tap into them.

Community colleges say excluding part-time students skews graduation rates USA Today July 22, 2008 The policy has been around since 1990, when the Education Department, responding primarily to concerns about academic performance of athletes, began requiring institutions that receive federal financial aid to submit graduation data. Four-year universities have their complaints about it, too, but community college advocates say the numbers paint an unfair and inaccurate picture of what happens on their campuses.

Cost, Convenience Drive Veterans' College Choices Chronicle of Higher Education July 21, 2008 The bill which was signed into law late last month will provide military personnel and recent veterans with enough aid to attend the most expensive public college in their states.  Supporters say it has the potential to significantly expand college access for veterans and to increase their ranks at traditional four-year institutions.  But recent enrollment trends and interviews with veterans suggest that cost is not the only factor keeping today's troops out of nonprofit, four-year institutions.

Spellings Campaign Runs Low on Time and Power to Persuade Chronicle of Higher Education July 21, 2008 Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has made another high-profile attempt to convince colleges that they risk painful government interventions if they don't improve the quality of their programs and help more students identify and afford them.  With just six months until Ms. Spellings leaves office, colleges seem increasingly willing to keep taking that risk.

Who Leads? Inside Higher Ed July 21, 2008 From virtually the moment Education Secretary Margaret Spellings appointed her commission in September 2005, and ever since, there has been widespread agreement about the nature of the problems facing higher education:  Significantly increase the number of young Americans and adults who enter and succeed in college, make higher education more affordable, improve the transparency of higher education,  The relative agreement about all that, though, has been accompanied by far less consensus about how to actually do those things.

Could the Wrong Assessment Kill the Liberal Arts? Inside Higher Ed July 21, 2008 Unlikely critics gathered Friday to offer strong criticisms of the Education Department's push for assessment-using standardized instruments. Among the critics were Diane Auer Jones, president of the Washington Campus, who recently stepped down from her position as secretary for the Department's Office of Postsecondary Education. She and others told Congressional staff and university administrators that the liberal arts, as taught by colleges and universities around the country, are endangered by these proposed federal assessment efforts.

N.Y. Gov. Paterson Set to Embrace Student Loan Plan New York Times July 21, 2008 Gov. David A. Paterson plans to embrace one of the central recommendations of a report highly critical of the state's higher education system, asking the Legislature to create a low-cost student loan program to make New York more competitive with other states.  The report, to be released on Monday by the N.Y. State Commission on Higher Education, said New York was one of the few states lacking such a program.  (Regional emphasis)

Four Reasons Textbook Costs Will Drop U.S. News & World Report July 21, 2008 Textbook prices, which have nearly tripled in the past 20 years, may finally start to decline thanks to some new laws, technology, and upstart companies. Undergraduates who take advantage of the new alternatives could easily slash their textbook costs in half this coming academic year.

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