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Beyond Academics Can Offer Federal Student Aid
Originally published on August 12, 2014 on http://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/beyond-academics-federal-uncg/ Students from Beyond Academics celebrate at May 2014 commencement exercises. UNCG students with intellectual and developmental disabilities can now apply for federal student aid. UNCG’s Beyond Academics program is now one of only 34 similar programs in the country approved to participate in federal student aid programs. The approval came […]
House Budget Chair Releases FY2015 Budget Resolution
Earlier this week A۰P۰L۰U’s Congressional and Governmental Affairs Office sent the following summary of the FY2015 Budget Resolution released by U.S. House of Representatives Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY2015 Budget Resolution<http://budget.house.gov/fy2015/> this morning. The House Republican budget cuts spending by $5.1 trillion over the next ten years. […]
Federal Budget Update
The Government Relations team at the Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) shared an update on the Federal Budget earlier today. Below is an excerpt with several links for additional information. Budget Update On March 4, 2014, President Obama released his proposed FY 2015 Budget. The President proposes expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit […]
Chronicle: Budget Agreement Would Give NIH and Pell Grants a Boost
Chronicle of Higher Education January 14, 2014 By Kelly Field Washington Federal lawmakers reached agreement late Monday on a long-overdue spending bill for the 2014 fiscal year that would provide an additional $1-billion for the National Institutes of Health and raise the maximum Pell Grant by an estimated $85, to $5,730. The omnibus spending bill, […]
Chronicle of Higher Ed: Colleges Hold Out Hope of Avoiding Steep Cuts in Funds
By Allie Bidwell www.chronicle.com Deep federal spending cuts that both Democrats and Republicans had hoped to avoid were set into motion March 1, as Congress failed to act in time to prevent or postpone the reductions. The $85-billion cut to the federal budget, known as sequestration, leaves colleges uncertain about how reductions in federal appropriations will […]
A Look into President Obama’s Education Agenda
An article published on CQ.com provides a snapshot of President Obama’s education agenda for his second term. Lauren Smith writes that a key focus for Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, will be teacher prep. “Duncan has indicated that another major focus of a second term will be working with states and higher education programs to […]
Looking Beyond November 6
InsideHigherEd.com has a great article this morning on the biggest issues Congress is likely to tackle following elections on November 6. Those issues include the “fiscal cliff,” a projected shortfall in the Pell Grant program and possibly the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Read the full article by clicking here.