Week in Review

Current Week in Review stories are posted on the home page and in the News Room section of the site, and are labeled "NAICU Washington Update."  Here are links to the individual stories.  To view or print archived issues of Week in Review (PDF files), click on the link in the left column.  Note that for prior to April 4, 2007, Week in Review stories are only available through the archived issues.

October 6, 2008

• "Bailout" Bill:  Surprise Help for Colleges and Parents
• Legislation on Secretary's Emergency Student Loan Authority Awaiting Signature
• President Signs CR with Money for Pell Shortfall
• FTC's Red Flag Rule Applies to Colleges
• Cohort Default Rate Rises Slightly
• Congress Extends College Anti-trust Protections
• Grant Opportunity for Work in Africa
  

• In Tough Times, Congress Stands by Pell Grant 
• House and Senate Deadlocked Over Tax Extenders
• Regional Meetings on HEA Implementation Begin
• Bush Signs ADA Amendments
• Ensuring the Rights of College Students to Vote 

• NAICU Rolls Out Second Loan Survey
• IRS Set to Launch College and University Study
• Endowments, College Costs Discussed at Grassley/Welch Roundtable
• Higher Education Act "Neg Reg" Process Begins
• Senate Passes ADA, Almost Ready for President
• U-CAN 2.0 to Launch on September 17
• Constitution Day:  Wednesday, September 17
• Demystifying College Costs for Consumers
  

• New Higher Ed Bill Signed by President
• Colleges Keep Fingers Crossed That Student Loans Remain Available this Fall
• Congress Fails at Latest Attempt to Renew Tax Extenders
• U-CAN Participants Top 700, Fall Relaunch Planned

• Education Spending Bill Comes to a Screeching Halt
• House Passes ADA Restoration Act
• New Visa Category for Foreign Student Interns
• Help for Colleges Seeking Direct Loan Program Certification
• Veterans' Education a Focus of House and Senate Committee Action
• Final TEACH Grant Regulations Published
  
• Expanded GI Bill Benefits Cross Final Legislative Hurdle
• Drive for Collection of Individual Student Data Continues
• ED's Loan Purchase Details Awaiting Publication
  

• Higher Education Act Set to Receive Final Approval in July
• House Makes Pell Top Priority
• Expanded Gi Bill Benefits about to Be Signed into Law
  

• Congress Passes Trillion Dollar Budget
• Revised Disabilities Act in the Works
• Homeland Security to Overhaul SEVIS
• Peace Corps Looks to Expand Higher Ed Partnerships
• U-CAN Announces First Major Data Overhaul
  

• Prospects for Federal Student Loans Improve
• IRS Planning Review of Charitable Activities of Colleges and Universities
• HEA Reauthorization Takes a Sad and Unexpected Turn
• House Passes Extension of IRA Rollover, Tuition Deduction
• Expanded GI Benefits Advance Through Congress
• Time to Order State Voter Registration Forms
  

• House Plans to Add Vet Benefits to Supplemental Bill
• House Extends Anti-Trust Protection for Need-Blind Colleges
• Washington Takes Steps to Avert Student Loan Crisis
• Academic Competitiveness/SMART Grants:  Some Fixes
• Massachusetts Looks at Nation's First Endowment Tax
• Nichols College President Testifies Before House Ways and Means Committee

• Will Housing Market Troubles Affect Student Loans?
• Momentum Growing for Expanded GI Bill
• Department Issues Proposed FERPA Regulations
• T.A. Collective Bargaining Back on the Front Burner
• Homeland Security Proposes Increase in SEVIS Fees
• Higher Education Act: The End is Near, or Is It?
  

• NAICU Survey Offers Snapshot of Student Loan Credit Crunch Impact
• House Committee Explores Loan Crisis, Views Secretary's Assurances Skeptically
• HEA Extended for a Month as Conference Continues
• House and Senate Budgets Up the Ante on Education Spending
• Negotiations Continue on Loan Provisions
  

• It’s Not Over ‘Til It’s Over – HEA Bill Now Heads to Conference
• Little Good News in President's Student Aid Budget
• The Six Presidential Associations Endorse NAFSA Study Abroad Report
• NAICU Membership Elects 2008-09 Officers, Board

• Congress Back in Town; HEA Waiting in the Wings
• Accreditation Agreement – Here's the Deal . . .
• Senate Finance Committee Questions Colleges with Big Endowments
• Oops! MPAA Reveals Math Error
• And the Rules Go Round and Round
• Outreach to Youth Vote Pays Dividends