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US House of Representatives, 2020
This document records testimony from a hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor to examine the policies and priorities of the United States Department of Education. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Robert C. Scott, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor; and (2) Honorable Virginia Foxx, Ranking Member, Committee on…
Descriptors: Hearings, Public Agencies, Federal Government, Educational Policy
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2016
Access and affordability are the main themes of Goal 1 of The Virginia Plan for Higher Education. Progress toward these goals can be measured by a variety of means, but access and affordability serve as foundational guiding principles as the Commonwealth of Virginia crafts its annual and biennial higher-education budgets. Student-loan debt is but…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Student Financial Aid, Debt (Financial)
Cochrane, Deborah Frankle – Institute for College Access & Success, 2008
Many more community college students than students at California's four-year colleges would lose financial aid under Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed budget for 2009. This issue brief finds that the budget-cutting plan would eliminate new Cal Grant awards for 45 percent of community college students who would have received them, compared to five…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Community Colleges, Grants, College Students
North Dakota University System, 2009
This Legislative Review reports that: (1) HB 1348, a bill to permit concealed weapons at public events and places, including North Dakota University System (NDUS) campuses, was heard in the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee Friday, January 30. The State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) opposes this bill unless it is amended to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Grade 10
Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2006
This report outlines the Commission's tasks and progress in fulfilling the goals of the "Comprehensive Statewide Plan for Postsecondary Education." The "Plan" identifies goals that lead to an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, and synchronized system of higher education. The "Plan," considered a…
Descriptors: State Schools, Higher Education, State Colleges, Federal Programs
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2006
The state of Washington is committed to higher education opportunity for all students, regardless of income, through its state financial aid programs. The purpose of this report is to provide the members of the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) with an overview of state and federal financial aid in Washington, an update on state financial…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Higher Education, State Aid