A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. ADMINISTRATION Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton named Ann O’Leary, who has been Clinton’s senior adviser and has been heavily involved in […]
August 15, 2016 Compiled by Penn Hill Group HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) along with higher education subcommittee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary John […]
August 8, 2016 Compiled by Penn Hill Group HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) requesting […]
August 1, 2016 Compiled by Penn Hill Group HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) released proposed regulations on the state authorization of distance education programs and foreign campus locations under the Higher Education Act […]
July 22, 2016 Compiled by Penn Hill Group HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. ADMINISTRATION The White House announced its Advanced Wireless Research Initiative. This new program will enable the deployment and use of four city-scale testing platforms for advanced wireless research over […]
July 15, 2016 Compiled by Penn Hill Group HOUSE and SENATE The U.S. House of Representatives passed several higher education related bills that the House Education and the Workforce Committee had approved on a bipartisan basis the week before. The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. […]
A quick look back at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: SENATE The Senate is in recess and will return on Wednesday, July 6. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation passed S. 3084, the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act, by a voice vote. This bill would reauthorize Federal research […]
A quick look back at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE and SENATE The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a committee hearing on implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on Thursday, June 23. U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary John King, as well as additional […]
A quick look back at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE and SENATE The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a committee hearing on the Obama Administration’s overtime rule on Thursday, June 9. Witnesses have yet to be announced. House Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott […]
A quick look back at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess, the House will return on June 7 and the Senate will return on June 6. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Education […]