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In today’s headlines, The Associated Press sets up today’s expected passage in the U.S. House of a bill linking student loan interest rates to the financial markets, in spite of a veto threat from President Obama. In other news, The New York TimesIn today’s headlines, The Associated Press sets up today’s expected passage in the U.S. House of a bill linking student loan interest rates to the financial markets, in spite of a veto threat from President Obama. In other news, The New York Times lo...
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Pending Legislation
May 23, 2013
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives took the first step toward preventing the scheduled July 1 doubling of the interest rates that students will be charged to take out federal student loans. We are pleased that H.R.1911 creates momentum forToday, the U.S. House of Representatives took the first step toward preventing the scheduled July 1 doubling of the interest rates that students will be charged to take out federal student loans. We are pleased that H.R.1911 creates momentum for adop...
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Pending Legislation
May 22, 2013
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a comprehensive plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system, which includes a version of the DREAM Act and other higher education provisions.
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Campus Internationalization
May 22, 2013
College and university administrators can now use a new free online tool from ACE to assess the state of internationalization and global engagement at their institutions.
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Federal Financial Aid
May 20, 2013
Action heated up in the House and Senate last week on the looming interest rate increase for subsidized student loans, which is slated to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent July 1.
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Racial/Ethnic Minority Students
May 16, 2013
A new analysis from ACE finds that individuals who earned their baccalaureate degrees in 2007-08 were not nearly as racially diverse as the overall undergraduate student body.
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Federal Financial Aid
May 15, 2013
ACE and 14 higher education associations release a statement of principles for lawmakers to consider as they craft legislation to address the looming interest rate increase for subsidized student loans.
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Global Higher Education
May 15, 2013
At ACE’s second International Education Roundtable May 9, American embassy representatives from nine countries took an in-depth look at issues facing the global higher education community.
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Student Financial Aid
May 13, 2013
In a new monograph written for ACE, Donald E. Heller argues there is scant evidence of a relationship between changes in federal student aid and tuition increases.
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Institutional Capacity
May 13, 2013
A few spots are still available for those interested in applying to become members of the 2013-14 class of the ACE Institute for New Presidents.
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