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Update from the Nation’s Capital

Update from the Nation’s Capital. Brittny McCarthy Director, Federal Relations American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Higher Education Landscape. Budget and Appropriations Higher Education Act U.S. Department of Education Negotiated Rulemaking.

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Update from the Nation’s Capital

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  1. Update from the Nation’s Capital Brittny McCarthy Director, Federal Relations American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

  2. Higher Education Landscape • Budget and Appropriations • Higher Education Act • U.S. Department of Education Negotiated Rulemaking

  3. Budget and Appropriations • Fiscal Year 2007 Appropriations • Fiscal Year 2008 Budget • President’s Budget • House Budget Resolution • Senate Budget Resolution • Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriations

  4. Budget and Appropriations-The Political Environment • Supplemental • Iraq War • Debt and Deficit • Earmarks • Pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) • Assumptions • Entitlements • Tax reform

  5. Higher Education Act • Senate Timeline and Negotiations • House Timeline and Negotiations

  6. Higher Education Act-The Political Environment • Secretary’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education • Competing Priorities- No Child Left Behind, Head Start, and others • Student Loan Scandals • Negotiated Rulemaking

  7. Department of EducationNegotiated Rulemaking • Student Loans • http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2007/loans.html • Accreditation • http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2007/accred.html

  8. Policy Themes • Federalism • Accountability and the role of data • Affordability • Integrity

  9. Questions? AASCU CONTACTS Ed Elmendorf Sr. Vice President for Government Relations elmendorfe@aascu.org Brittny McCarthy Director of Federal Relations mccarthyb@aascu.org Dan Hurley Director of State Relations hurleyd@aascu.org AASCU Headquarters 202-293-7070 www.aascu.org

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