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2006

12-18-06

• Tuition Deduction Gets Retroactive Extension/ page 1
• Will Accreditation Be Used to Federalize Student Learning Outcomes?/page 1
• Year-Long Continuing Resolution on FY 2007 Appropriations/page 3
• Previewing the 110th Congress/page 4
• Senate Finance Committee Scrutinizes College Costs/page 7
• Negotiations on Student Loan Provisions Off to a Bumpy Start/page 7
• House Passes Charitable Giving Preference Bill/page 8
• Youth Vote Turns Out in Record Numbers/page 9
• Early Guides to Congress - Get ‘em While They're Hot (and Still Available)/page 9

10-02-06 

• FEMA Fix for Private Nonprofit Colleges Approved by Congress/page 1
• Senate Competitiveness Bill Raises Student Privacy Concerns/page 2
• Negotiated Rulemaking Hearings Under Way/page 3
• Spellings O utlines Priorities on Higher Education Commission Report/page 3
• HEA - Not!/page 4
• Defense Deal Trumps Domestic Promises/page 5
• GAO Releases Study on Antitrust Exemption/page 5
• Colleges Urged to Plan for Possible Flu Pandemic /page 6
• ACSFA Report: Need-Based Aid Is Key to Access, Competitiveness/page 7
• "Net Neutrality" Efforts Continue in Telecommunications Legislation/page 8
• Convocation on STEM Education Draws Large Crowd/page 9
• Why This Week is Different/page 9

8-23-06 

• Tax Benefits of Section 529 Plans Made Permanent /page 1
• Proposed Negotiated Rulemaking Raises Eyebrows /page 1
• Requirement Continues for Colleges to Offer Constitution Day Programming/page 2
• EPA Seeks Student Team Applicants for Sustainability Grants/page 3
• Presidential Update II/page 3
• NAICU E-lists Continue to Grow /page 4

08-14-06

• Spellings Commission Adopts Final Report/page 1
• IRA Charitable Rollover to Become Law/page 2
• "FEMA Fix" On the Move/page 2
• New National Reward Program Will Recognize Outstanding Community Service/page 3
• Your Vote, Your Voice Handbook and Web Site Offer Help with Campus Election Activities/page 3
• Kennedy Contacts Spellings on School-As-Lender Restrictions/page 4

07-25-06

• Second Draft of Spellings Commission Report Has Softer Tone but Similar Substance/page 1
• No Student Aid Increase in Senate Spending Bill/page 2
• Associations QuestionProposed Upward Bound Change/page 2
• Education Funding Table/page 3
• Gettysburg College President's Op-ed Objects to "Big Brother on Campus"/page 4
• Students Tell Stories at Student Aid Alliance Breakfast/page 5
• The NAICU On-line Directory/page 5
• USA Today Seeks All-USA Academic Team Nominees/page 6

07-17-06

• Public Gives Low Marks to Proposed Federal College Student Database/page 1
• CALEA Guidance Issued by ACE/page 2
• Week in Review Editor Leaves NAICU/page 2
• Senate Set to Move on Appropriations/page 3
• Regulations Finally Issued on Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grants/page 3
• Department Seeks to Use Upward Bound Program as a Guinea Pig/page 4
• Faculty Contacts Sought for International Development Funding Opportunities/page 4
• Presidential Update/page 5

06-13-06

• Congress Returns from Recess with a Rush of Activity/page 1
• Commerce Department Announces Action on Deemed Exports/page 2
• CALEA Decision Reached by D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals/page 3
• Math and Science Activity Continues on Capitol Hill/page 3
• 2005 Campus Voter Registration Web Site and Handbook Now Available/page 4

05-16-06

• HEA: Looking Forward, Looking Back/page 1
• ED Does a Quick Turnaround on ACG and SMART Grants/page 3
• Guidance on HEA Changes Made in Budget Reconciliation/page 4
• Charitable Incentives, Reforms Bumped to Next Tax Bill/page 4
• House Budget Process Stalls over Domestic Funding/page 5
• CALEA Lawsuit Proceeds/page 5

03-21-06

• Huge Senate Victory for Education Funding/page 1
• HEA Just Around the Corner?/page 3
• Foreign Language Initiative/page 3
• New SMART and Academic Competitive Grants Likely to Be a Bear to Implement/page 4
• Arguments Scheduled in Lawsuit over Internet Wiretap Law/page 5
• NAICU Weighs In on Proposed Change to Phone Tax/page 5
• Implementing Changes to SFA Programs/page 6

02-14-06

• 2005 Reconciliation Process Completed (Or Is It?)/page 1
• President's Budget Cuts StudentAid for FY 2007/page 2
• Charitable Incentives, Reforms Topic at NAICU Annual Meeting/page 5
• Competitiveness Concerns Rise to Top of Agenda/page 6
• Student Data Collection Efforts Continue/page 7
• Spellings Commission Meets/page 8

01-10-06

• Student Aid, Relief Spending (Finally) Settled/page 1
• President Launches Educational Initiative for Foreign Languages/page 3
• Education Funding Comparison/page 5
• Politicians, Pundits Will Grace the Podium at NAICU Annual Meeting/page 5

2005

11-29-05

• House Passes Cuts to Student Loans/page 1
• Final Education Funding Bill Fails in the House/page 2
• House and Senate Move Tax Reconciliation Bills/page 3
• Save the Date!/page 3
• Increased Employment, Less Coursework OK for F-1 Visa Students in Disaster Area/page 4

11-01-05

• Budget Moves Forward Amid Conflicting Needs/page 1
• Numbers, Numbers: How Much Is Really Being Cut from Student Loans?/page 2
• Senate Education Appropriations/page 2
• Student Aid Alliance Leaps into Action/page 4

10-25-05

• Latest Developments on the Budget/page 1
• Senate HELP Committee Considers HEA Reauthorization Again/page 2
• FCC Issues Final Rule on"Internet Wiretaps"/page 3
• Higher Ed Commission Has Diverse Views, Big Agenda/page 4
• Stop the Raid: You Betcha/page 5

10-11-05

• Reauthorization Caught Up in Growing Legislative Muddle/page 1
• Budget Outlook Grim for Student Aid/page 2
• Hurricane Bills Hurried through Congress/page 5
• IRS Issues Guidance for Nonprofits/page 5
• "Learn and Serve America" Offers Grants for Service-Learning/page 5

09-20-05

• Private Colleges Respond to Katrina/page 1
• Senate Committee Approves Reauthorization Bill/page 2
• A Changing Tax Agenda in Katrina's Wake/page 3
• Default Rates Fall to Record Lows/page 3

07-29-05

• House Subcommittee Approves HEA Reauthorization Bill/page 1
• House HEA Bill Would Change Student Loan Amounts, Rates, Terms/page 3
• The House, the HEA, and How Students Have Fared/page 4

07-19-05

• House Subcommittee Passes HEA Reauthorization Bill/page 1
• Funding Comparisons/page 2
• Education Takes Second Place in Senate Appropriations/page 4
• Campus Crime Handbook/page 4

06-29-05

• HEA Reauthorization Continues on Its Fast Track/page 1
• Commerce Reviewing"Deemed Export" Regulations/page 3
• Higher Education Community Releases Statement on Rights, Responsibilities/page 3
• Insert: "Statement on Academic Rights and Responsibilities"

06-21-05

• HEA Reauthorization Starts Moving Rapidly/page 1
• Surprise $50 Increase for Pell Grant in House Spending Bill/page 2
• Education Funding Comparisons/page 3
• Department's Technical Fix Costs Students Finanical Aid Funds/page 5
• Work of NAICU Task Force on Reporting Requirements Bears Fruit/page 5
• House Moves International and Graduate Education Bills/page 6
• Insert: HEA Talking Points/page 7

• House Requests List of ROTC, Recruitment Excluders/page 1
• Senate, House Education Committees Hold Work Force Hearings/page 2

05-10-05

• Boehner Adamantly Opposed to Student Unit Record System/page 1
• House Subcommittee Holds Transfer-of-Credit Hearings/page 2
• Deadline Nears to Choose Peer Groups for IPEDS Data Feedback Reports/page 2
• House Education Subcommittee Gets Additional $1 Billion/page 4
• President Signs New Bankruptcy Law/page 4

05-03-05

• Budget Deal Highlights Pell Grants/page 1
• Bar Codes For Students?/page 2
• Higher Ed Act Rewrites Get Going/page 3
• Student Speaks to House Committee/page 4

04-12-05

• Report Says Student Unit Data System is Feasible/page 1
• Senate Finance Gets Closer to Charitable Sector Reforms/page 2
• Supreme Court Expands Scope of Title IX/page 2
• Education Department Clarifies Test of Title IX Compliance/page 3
• Grass Roots at Work during Recess/page 4

03-22-05

• Student Aid Funding Victory in the Senate Budget/page 1
• Ed & Workforce Looks at Efforts to Improve International Student Access/page 2

03-15-05

• Budget Battles Begin in House and Senate/page 1
• SHEEO National Commission on Accountability Issues Final Report/page 3
• Bankruptcy Bill Covers Student Loans/page 2
• News from the Association Liaison Office/page 2
• Perkins Vocational Ed Bill Passes/page 2

03-08-05

• House Holds Second Hearing on For-Profit Schools/page 1
• Guide to Congress Available Free to NAICU Members/page 2

02-23-05

• NAICU Members Approve 2005-06 Board, Officers/page 1
• State Department Extends Visa Mantis Clearances/page 2
• House Reaffirms Support for Solomon Amendment/page 2

02-15-05

• President's Budget Increases Pell, Recalls Perkins Loan Funds/page 1
• Program-by-Program Education Funding Comparisons/page 3
• New Grants Available from ED/page 4
• Bush Budget Has Many Reauthorization Proposals/page 5
• Some Committee Leadership Changes Will Affect Higher Education/page 7
• Key Committees of the 109th Congress/page 8
• Spellings Takes Reins at Department of Education/page 10
• Changes to State Tax Tables Still Reverberating/page 11
• What Lies Ahead for Nonprofit Financial Reform Efforts?/page 10

2004

12-07-04

• Omnibus Bill Further Erodes Student Aid Funding/page 1
• Solomon Amendment Overturned by Appeals Court/page 2
• Education Funding Comparisons/page 3
• "Constitution Day" Mandated/page 2
• High Court Will Rule on Title IX Whistleblower Case/page 4
• Leadership Changes at the Department of Education/page 5
• College Students Show at Polls/page 5
• Press Coverage Raises Doubts over Student Unit Record Proposal/page 6

10-12-04

• Congress Gives HEA New Lease on Life/page 1
• Feds Propose Student-Level Data Collection/page 2
• Congress Adjourns without Success on IRA Charitable Rollover/page 3
• High-Risk Nonprofits Win $25 Million in Homeland Security Assistance/page 3
• Senate Discusses New Visa Policies on International Student Enrollment/page 4
• Effect of Solomon Admendment Expanded/page 4
• NPEC to Send Institutions "Data Feedback" Reports/page 5

10-05-04

• Congress Blows Through Legislation to Reach Recess/page 1
• It's Cyber Security Awareness Month!/page 2
• Senate Hearing Scrutinizes State-Run 529 Savings Plans/page 2

09-28-04

• Diploma Debacle Dismays House Ed Subcommittee/page 1
• Voter Registration Redux/page 2

09-21-04

• Nonprofit Lending Rate Continues to Dominate Appropriations/page 1
• Applications Sought for Research on USAID's Democracy and Governance Programs/page 2
• Default Rates Fall Again,to Record Lows/page 4
• Voter Registration Efforts Challenged in New Survey/page 5
• Is the NCAA Fair to Student-Athletes?/page 6

09-14-04

• Student Loans Become A Political Battleground/page 1
• They're Back!/page 2

07-27-04

• Finance Committee Reviews Higher Ed Tax Incentives/page 1
• House Subcommittee Explores Textbook Costs/page 2 

07-20-04

• House Hearing Focuses on "Graduation Gap"/page 1
• Appropriations Update/page 2
• Senate Holds Hearing on Pell Grant for Kids/page 3
• Private Freshmen's Attitudes Differ from Nationwide Sample/page 2

07-13-04

• House Subcommittee Sets Slight Increase for Student Aid/page 1
• NAICU Responds to Mass Mailing by House Education Committee/page 2
• Education Funding Comparisons/page 3
• Final SEVIS Fee Regulations Announced/page 5
• Tuition Increase at Private Colleges Holds Steady for 2004-05/page 5
• Ed Department Set to Issue Fines for IPEDS Noncompliance/page 6

06-29-04

• Davis Dominates Accreditation Hearing/page 1
• Higher Ed Community Drops Objections to SEVIS Fee Collection Process/page 2
• Obey's "Top Ten Priorities" Fail to Pass/page 3
• Nonprofit Abuses Discussed at Senate Hearing/page 3
• House Defeats Budget Process Reforms/page 4

06-22-04

• House Leaders Lash Out at Higher Ed Community/page 1
• Education Committee Questions Equity for Proprietary Schools/page 2
• SEVIS Fee Collection Proposals Continue to Evolve/page 3
• Student FICA Exemption Proposal Discussed at IRS Hearing/page 4

06-15-04

• Congress Clamps Down on Donations of Patents/page 1
• House Hearing Scrutinizes 529 Plans/page 2

05-25-04

• Budget Deal Drops Money for Student Aid/page 1
• Will New NCAA Reforms Satisfy Congress?/page 2

05-18-04

• House HEA Bill Slowed Down to Provide More Time for Review/page 1
• Senate Committee Continues Diploma Mill Investigation/page 3
• House Appropriators Prep for FY 2005 Cycle/page 3
• Higher Ed, Science, Engineering Groups Urge Improved Visa Processing/page 4
• Your Vote, Your Voice Campus Voter Registration Guide Now Available/page 5
• NAICU Testifies Before SHEEO Accountability Commission/page 6

05-11-04

• House HEA Bill Appears to be Full of Problems/page 1
• Key Features of H.R. 4283/page 2

05-04-04

• Two New Teacher Ed Bills Introduced in the Senate/page 1
• Have You Tried Our E-mail Edition?/page 2

04-13-04

• Bush Plan Expands Pell Grants, Sets Time Limits/page 1
• Senate Bill Would Give Homeland Security Aid to Nonprofits/page 2

04-06-04

• What Lies on the Horizon for Higher Education Bills?/page 1
• Budget Conference Delayed Until After Spring Recess/page 2
• Student Testifies on Behalf of Student Aid Alliance/page 3

03-30-04

• Congress Set for FY 2005 Budget Conference/page 1
• IPEDS Spring 2004 Data Collection Now Open/page 2
• NCES Makes Graduation Rates Available on the Web/page 2
• Have You Tried Our E-mail Edition?/page 2

03-23-04

• House Budget Committee Passes Spending Controls/page 1
• Committee Debates Subsidies for Loan Consolidation/page 2
• Greenspan Says U.S. Economy Needs Skilled Workers/page 3
• Congress Reviews Recruitment of Student Athletes/page 3
• New National Profile Available/page 4

03-16-04

• Budget Work Makes for Busy Week on Capitol Hill/page 1
• Secretary Paige Testifies at Appropriations Hearing/page 3
• Research on Front-Loading Pell Grants/page 3
• Senate Panel Looks at Year-Round College/page 4

03-09-04

• McKeon Pulls Back Most Price Increase Penalties/page 1
• Senate Budget Committee Provides Reserve Fund for Student Aid/page 2
• IRS Clarifies Student FICA Requirements/page 3
• Senate Committee Explores Higher Education-Workforce Connections/page 4
• Teacher Quality Enhancement Partnership Grants/page 5
• Grassley Steps Up Scrutiny of Financial Abuses at Nonprofits/page 6
• CASE Seeks Nominees for Professor of the Year/page 6

03-02-04

• Congressional Budget Outlook for FY 2005/page 1
• Congress Comes to Campus/page 3
• Secretariat Groups Join Loan Coalition/page 3
• Senate Committee Examines Accreditation/page 4
• Supreme Court Rules State Need Not Fund Religious Studies/page 6

02-10-04

• Tax Relief Bills Announced at NAICU Annual Meeting/page 1
• President's Budget Leaves Student Aid Behind/page 2
• Education Funding Comparisons/page 3
• FY 2004 Grant Opportunity: Minority Science and Enginneering Improvement Program/page 6

01-30-04

• Final FY 2004 Spending Bill Passes at Last/page 1
• State of the Union Address Calls for Enhanced Pell Grants, Expanded Job Training/page 2