Government Legislation
State and federal government bodies are more focused on higher education than ever before, with varying results. Regardless of organizational structures, both public and private higher education institutions are impacted by governmental changes and must be able to abide by and manage legislative action.
Industry and Community Partnerships Central to Expanding Apprenticeships
Katie Spiker | Senior Federal Policy Analyst, National Skills CoalitionOn February 12, 2018, the President released his principles for infrastructure investment that included a call to expand apprenticeship. The principles focused on how the education system can support this…
Putting Today’s Students Back at the Center of Federal Policies
Julie Peller | Executive Director, Higher Learning AdvocatesIn 1965, when our nation’s keystone higher education law, the Higher Education Act, was first passed by Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, the American student population…
OIG Report Findings Clarify Outdated Thinking Around CBE, Not Programmatic Flaws
Nina Morel | Dean of the College of Professional Studies, Lipscomb UniversityIn September 2017, the Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit on Western Governors University (WGU), and found that the university’s faculty did not meet…
Year-Round Pell Restoration a Great First Step When it Comes to Student Access and Attainment
Susan Johnson | Director of Impact and Research, Lumina FoundationOn June 20, 2017, the Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the restoration of Year-Round Pell Grants, with the move set to take effect on July 1, 2017. Year-Round Pell…
Conditional Admissions Denial Changing the Face of American English Education Market
Rob Jansen | Product Director, StudyPortalsIn 2015, the Department of Homeland Security announced their intention to identify and resolve key issues with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)—the immigration mechanism that allows international students…
Trending to Zero: The Lasting Impact of Total State Disinvestment from Public Higher Education
Thomas Harnisch | Director of State Relations and Policy Analysis, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)The term “privatization” is frequently invoked to describe the current and future state of public higher education. The label is used as shorthand for the shift away from state funding…
Five Steps to Ensuring Program Integrity and Quality in the Wake of For-Profit Closures
Barmak Nassirian | Director of Federal Relations and Policy Analysis, AASCUIt is often said, and quite correctly too, that the United States has the finest institutions of higher learning in the world. Equally true, but less publicly acknowledged, is the…