Here’s a selection or articles Federal Relations is reading this week.
Plane and Simple Motives – Obama has been using Air Force One as a means to engage more with Congressional leaders, and the Leaders have been using it as a means to shape Administration policy. Read more at Politico.
Um, No…- Community colleges have come out against the Administration’s latest effort to rate colleges because of the future intention to tie this to federal student aid funding. Read it at the Wall Street Journal.
College Dropout – All look at what happened to the Peter Theil Fellows since it was announced five years ago. Read it at the Chronicle for Higher Education.
Mind the Gap – The LA Times loos at the difference, and increases, out of state students are paying at some of the country’s most prestigious public, flagship institutions. Specifically, the article ponders the question: should and can the California Legislature continue to raise the price of tuition on out of state students for schools within the UC System? UW is cited. Read it at the LA Times.
Student Debt = More National Debt? – An article on the US amassing debt from Income Based Repayment (IBR) plans. The article also touches on accounting methods of the federal loan portfolio and if the US is, in fact, making money on student loans. Read more at The New York Times.
Shut It Down – An overview of what happens if Congress fails to pass Homeland Security appropriations for FY16. Read it at Yahoo.