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Legislative Letters 1-13-20
Legislative bodies are still awakening from their brief hibernation, but last week several higher-education bills were introduced in the Senate. The House is opposing Betsy DeVos’s loan forgiveness rule as…
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Legislative Letters 9-2-19
The Trump administration is solidifying its ties with private student loan companies: The new CFPB student loan ombudsman comes from a heavily-criticized student loan organization, and a former education official…
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Legislative Letters 8-19-19
Congress is in recess, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening. The Department of Education has agreed to investigate trans students being allowed to compete in sports, scientists and analysts…
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Legislative Letters 8-5-19
The President has signed the spending cap deal, leaving Congress until October 1st to get all twelve appropriations bills (or continuing resolutions) on his desk or the government will shut…
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Legislative Letters 7-22-19
A spending caps deal has been reached (though not released), and the House is planning on voting on it this week before the August recess, a recess that puts Congress…
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Legislative Letters 7-8-19
The Senate has stopped waiting. They’ve begun negotiating their spending bills, while the House is almost done (only two left to go!). But time is running out, and the Senate…
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Legislative Letters 6-24-19
Still no progress on coming to a spending cap deal, but the House isn’t waiting: They just passed their first minibus, which includes funding for education. The Senate, on the…
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Legislative Letters 6-10-19
China’s ministry of education has warned students interested in studying in the U.S. about potential difficulties getting visas as many U.S.-Chinese research collaborations have become the focus of intensified scrutiny.…
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Legislative Letters 5-27-19
International students, watch out: You now have to pay an additional $150 to apply for a U.S. visa, a change that comes at the same time that the White House…