Legislative Letters 10-22-18
The Trump administration is proposing a lot of changes that affect graduate students. They want to limit how long International students can study in the U.S., they are proposing a…
Legislative Letters 10-7-18
Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the government avoided a shutdown – at least, until December 7th, when the rest of the appropriations bills are due. In the meantime, academic and research…
Legislative Letters 9-24-18
Congress passed a minibus and a continuing resolution to fund the government, student loan companies and Department of Education are facing even more lawsuits, and midterms are heating up -…
Legislative Letters 9-10-18
Hispanic American citizens are being detained on the border, incumbents are facing unexpected challenges, and Kavanaugh’s hearing occurred amid a flurry of document-related debates. All while time is ticking on…
Legislative Letters 8-27-18
The focus these days center on appropriations as a government shutdown looms. The bills are working their way through Congress (and the Senate minibus funding education has passed!), but we’ve…
Legislative Letters 8-14-18
The Department of Education has announced intentions for major overhauls of higher education regulations, a federal judge has ordered the restoration of DACA, the Executive branch has updated their VISA…
Legislative Letters 7-30-18
Third Edition Democrats in the House have released their version of the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services agency is opening a new office to find cases…
Legislative Letters 7-16-18
Second Edition Welcome to our second edition of “Legislative Letters”! Here you’ll find updates on policies, litigation, and legislation affecting higher education, and run from the introduction of legislation expanding…
Legislative Letters 7-2-18
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DEW: The Department of Education and the Workforce President Trump announced on June 21 intentions to merge the Departments of Education and Labor into a single Department, The…