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Blue Campaign to Combat Human Trafficking NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched the Blue Campaign, a department-wide initiative to combat human trafficking through public awareness, victim assistance programs, and law enforcement training initiatives.  DHS hopes their efforts will help end modern day slavery, and has asked for NAICU's help in getting the word out about the new campaign.

IRS Partners With Local Organizations to Offer Free Tax Help NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010 The Internal Revenue Service has expanded its free face-to-face tax assistance efforts by partnering with local businesses and other organizations in each state to offer additional services to taxpayers. Colleges and universities may be interested in establishing these partnerships and offering these services to students, who might need help in preparing their tax returns, and the local community.

GAO Report on IPEDS Reporting Burden Leads to Department of Ed Proposal for Comment NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010 A new Government Accountability Office report has shown that the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems collection burden for institutions is much higher than Department of Education estimates.  In responding to the study, the Department of Education has proposed a revised burden estimate for the completion of IPEDS, and is now soliciting comments from institutions on the new estimates by October 1.  NAICU encourages all member institutions to respond to this request.

Your Vote Your Voice and National Voter Registration Month NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010 NAICU is proud to announce the return of Your Vote, Your Voice - a voter education, registration and get-out-the -vote project supported by the Washington Higher Education Secretariat in every federal election since 1996.  The Your Vote, Your Voice launch later this month also coincides with the National Association of Secretaries of State's designation of September as National Voter Registration Month, with a focus on campus activities in support of voter education, registration, and civic engagement.

Administration Announces Revisions in Export Controls NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010 President 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.

September 17 is Constitution Day NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010 Under 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.

Publication of Financial Responsibility Scores Creates Unfair Fiscal Picture NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010 Recently, 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.

VA Publishes State Maximum Tuition and Fee Numbers for 2010-11 NAICU Washington Update September 2, 2010 On 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.

Another Press Stops Publishing Inside Higher Ed September 2, 2010 Susquehanna 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.

First Report From Research Center Created by U. of Phoenix Attacks Critics of For-Profit Education Chronicle of Higher Education September 2, 2010 Two 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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