ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) approved the first Workforce Pell Grant, which was for an Emergency Medical Technician program at Iowa Central Community College. ED released a letter from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon asking universities to publicly describe their commitments to a series of institutional changes by the end of the year. ED sent a rule that […]
ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED)’s Office of Federal Student Aid and some of its staff relocated to a U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) building pursuant to the Interagency Agreement between ED and Treasury. A proposed rule published in the Federal Register would expand the circumstances under which U.S. Department of State (State) J-1 exchange visitor programs (which […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Summer fellow, Elle Jones, and Summer interns, Abbie Wampler and Morgan Lavelle. Elle graduated from Pomona College in May of this year with a degree in Public Policy Analysis and a minor in Mathematics. Abbie graduated from Indiana University in May of this year with a degree in Political Science and […]
ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) published final regulations eliminating disparate-impact liability provisions from regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. ED announced the elimination of the Methods of Administrations (MOA) program from the regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. ED granted certain Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) funding flexibilities for the State of South Dakota. ED also […]
