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Update from the Nation’s Capital
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Update from the Update from the Nation’s CapitalNation’s Capital
Brittny McCarthyDirector, Federal Relations
American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
Higher Education Higher Education LandscapeLandscape
• Budget and Appropriations• Higher Education Act• U.S. Department of Education
Negotiated Rulemaking
Budget and Budget and AppropriationsAppropriations
• Fiscal Year 2007 Appropriations• Fiscal Year 2008 Budget
– President’s Budget– House Budget Resolution– Senate Budget Resolution
• Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriations
Budget and Budget and Appropriations-Appropriations-
The Political The Political EnvironmentEnvironment• Supplemental
– Iraq War• Debt and Deficit• Earmarks• Pay-as-you-go (PAYGO)• Assumptions
– Entitlements– Tax reform
Higher Education ActHigher Education Act
• Senate Timeline and Negotiations• House Timeline and Negotiations
Higher Education Act-Higher Education Act-The Political The Political EnvironmentEnvironment
• Secretary’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education
• Competing Priorities- No Child Left Behind, Head Start, and others
• Student Loan Scandals• Negotiated Rulemaking
Department of Department of EducationEducation
Negotiated RulemakingNegotiated 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
Policy ThemesPolicy Themes
• Federalism• Accountability and the role of data• Affordability• Integrity
QuestionsQuestions?
AASCU CONTACTSEd ElmendorfSr. Vice President for Government [email protected] McCarthyDirector of Federal [email protected] HurleyDirector of State [email protected] Headquarters202-293-7070www.aascu.org