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<title>Troubling Maintenance-of-Effort Requirement in Education Jobs Bill (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The $26 billion education jobs and state Medicaid funding bill passed by Congress in early August included a &quot;maintenance of effort&quot; (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&#39;s unintended consequences on students.]]></description>
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<title>For-Profit College Helps Employees Complain About U.S. Proposals (Inside Higher Ed)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Education 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&#39;s proposed regulations on &quot;gainful employment.&quot; 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.]]></description>
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<title>Where Admissions Meet Faith (Chronicle of Higher Education)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[At some colleges, May 1 marks the final phase of the admissions cycle; here, it&#39;s just another day. Lincoln Christian University admits applicants throughout the summer, right up until classes start.  Lincoln had hoped to enroll 175 new students this fall.  As of this afternoon, the university has 121 &quot;commits,&quot; and admissions officials expect the number to grow to about 140.  Each year the university receives applications from students who don&#39;t think about college until graduating from high school. Some are first-generation students. Some apply after hearing a call to pursue a Christian education.]]></description>
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<title>First Report From Research Center Created by U. of Phoenix Attacks Critics of For-Profit Education (Chronicle of Higher Education)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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 &quot;studies in inefficiency.&quot;]]></description>
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<title>Another Press Stops Publishing (Inside Higher Ed)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Susquehanna University has quietly placed its university press &quot;on hiatus,&quot; 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.]]></description>
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<title>VA Publishes State Maximum Tuition and Fee Numbers for 2010-11 (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title>Publication of Financial Responsibility Scores Creates Unfair Fiscal Picture (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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&#39; 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&#39;s economic world.]]></description>
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<title>Proposed Rules on Gainful Employment Continue to Roil the Waters (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The news media continue to turn out stories and commentaries in the wake of the Department of Education&#39;s proposed &quot;gainful employment&quot; rules and Sen. Tom Harkin&#39;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.]]></description>
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<title>2010 Tax Extender Bill Possible During Lame Duck Session (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It appears that higher education tax extenders are increasingly likely to be pushed to the post-election &quot;lame-duck&quot; 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.]]></description>
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<title>September 17 is Constitution Day (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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&#39;t define &quot;educational program,&quot; so institutions have a great deal of latitude - and there are resources and idea-starters available on line.]]></description>
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<title>Administration Announces Revisions in Export Controls (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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 &quot;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.&quot;  Given the implications for campus research, colleges and universities have been particularly interested in addressing the ambiguities and inconsistencies in the system.]]></description>
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<title>Your Vote Your Voice and National Voter Registration Month (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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&#39;s designation of September as National Voter Registration Month, with a focus on campus activities in support of voter education, registration, and civic engagement.]]></description>
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<title>GAO Report on IPEDS Reporting Burden Leads to Department of Ed Proposal for Comment (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title>IRS Partners With Local Organizations to Offer Free Tax Help (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
<link>http://www.naicu.edu/news_room/news_detail.asp?id=9342</link>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title>Blue Campaign to Combat Human Trafficking (NAICU Washington Update)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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&#39;s help in getting the word out about the new campaign.]]></description>
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<title>Is Your University Complying With the New Textbook Law? (New York Times - Freakonomics Blog)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This year a federal law has taken effect which requires &quot;institution[s] of higher education receiving Federal financial assistance&quot; to provide students with information on textbook pricing.  The mandated disclosure should reduce the monopoly power of the local college bookstore. Armed with a textbook&#39;s title and ISBN, students can jump on the Internet and search for a retailer with a lower markup.  The disclosure, however, might also promote other dimensions of competition.]]></description>
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<title>Preparing for College 101 (New Hampshire Public Radio)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My spouse and I thought we were prepared to guide our first born through his college search. Turns out, we were in for some culture shock. What we&#39;ve learned this summer may surprise those who haven&#39;t been on campus for awhile.]]></description>
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<title>Digging Out of Student Debt (Kiplinger Personal Finance, October Issue)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[You&#39;d think bankruptcy would be a solution to massive student debt, but for most people, it is not an option. You must demonstrate to a judge that repayment would cause &quot;undue hardship,&quot; a term interpreted by some courts to mean the &quot;certainty of hopelessness,&quot; according to Deanne Loonin, of the National Consumer Law Center. This strict standard applies to both federal and private student loans. Proposed legislation in Congress would change that standard for private student loans, making them eligible for discharge under the more lenient rules that apply to credit-card and other consumer debt.]]></description>
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<title>Phoenix Pays to Tell Its Story (Inside Higher Education)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In hopes of conveying the University of Phoenix&#39;s side of the for-profit college debate even when reporters on deadline don&#39;t come calling, the company has begun sponsoring media events.  It&#39;s the top-billed sponsor of NBC News&#39;s Education Nation, two days of events and a week&#39;s worth of coverage on NBC properties scheduled to begin later this month.  Phoenix-sponsored discussions about the future of higher education, hosted by the promotions department of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair magazines, were initially advertised for this fall in New York and Washington, though they&#39;ve since been pushed to the first quarter of 2011.]]></description>
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<title>Laying a Liberal Arts Foundation, On Shaky Ground (Inside Higher Ed)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Whereas other U.S. universities have established overseas branch campuses bankrolled by oil-rich nations , Bard College as gone to places where resources are scarce but problems are plentiful. Bard&#39;s signature international initiative has been to establish dual degree programs in countries that are post-Communist, post-conflict or - as in the case of its partnership with Al-Quds University, a Palestinian institution in East Jerusalem - at the crossroads of continuing conflict.]]></description>
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