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HEA: A Huge, Exacting Accountability Bill

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Title:HEA: A Huge, Exacting Accountability Bill (ID: CSD5473)
Author(s):Doug Lederman (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (08/01/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

As Congress finally passes the sweeping college legislation, 5 years late, views on its significance and potential impact vary widely.

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7 Years, 1,158 Pages ... and Almost Done

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Title:7 Years, 1,158 Pages ... and Almost Done (ID: CSD5471)
Author(s):Doug Lederman (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (07/30/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

House-Senate panel reaches agreement on compromise legislation to renew the Higher Education Act, prompting more relief than satisfaction.

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House, Focusing on Cost, Approves Higher Education Act

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Title:House, Focusing on Cost, Approves Higher Education Act (ID: CSD5326)
Author(s):Doug Lederman (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (02/08/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

Many Republicans join Democrats in backing legislation to ratchet up scrutiny of college spending and pricing, toughen student loan oversight, and ease aid application.

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Anti-P2P college bill advances in House

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Title:Anti-P2P college bill advances in House (ID: CSD5236)
Author(s):Anne Broache (CNET News.com)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (11/16/2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

The U.S. House of Representatives has taken a step toward approving a Hollywood-backed spending bill requiring universities to consider offering "alternatives" and "technology-based deterrents" to illegal peer-to-peer file sharing.

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House Panel Backs Higher Ed Bill

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Title:House Panel Backs Higher Ed Bill (ID: CSD5235)
Author(s):Doug Lederman (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (11/16/2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

"The House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee unanimously approved legislation to renew the Higher Education Act Thursday — a measure about which college officials have ambivalent feelings."

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Swiftboating Higher Education on P2P

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Title:Swiftboating Higher Education on P2P (ID: CSD5229)
Author(s):Kenneth C. Green (The Campus Computing Project)
Source:Inside Higher Ed
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (11/15/2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

"The latest salvo in the entertainment industry’s campaign against illegal downloading of movies and music — aided and abetted by Congress — is wrong, and students should help fight it, Kenneth C. Green argues."

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Warning on Tuition, Shift on Accreditation

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Title:Warning on Tuition, Shift on Accreditation (ID: CSD5230)
Author(s):Doug Lederman (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (11/15/2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

"If the Higher Education Act bill that House Democrats introduced late last week did not persuade college leaders that the issue of college prices is and will remain front and center on the federal policy agenda, the House education committee’s consideration of the legislation Wednesday should once and for all."

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Cost of College a Bipartisan Concern

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Title:Cost of College a Bipartisan Concern (ID: CSD5221)
Author(s):Doug Lederman (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (11/12/2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

"House Democrats introduce Higher Education Act bill that would shame institutions that raise prices sharply; 747-page measure would increase federal role in other ways, too - including provisions in which schools would report on illegal file sharing."

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Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else

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Title:Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else (ID: CSD5223)
Author(s):Anne Broache (CNET News.com) and Declan McCullagh (CNET News.com)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (11/09/2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

New federal legislation says universities must agree to provide not just deterrents but also "alternatives" to peer-to-peer piracy, such as paying monthly subscription fees to the music industry for their students, on penalty of losing all financial aid for their students.

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Unanimity in the Senate

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Title:Unanimity in the Senate (ID: CSD5024)
Author(s):Doug Lederman (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (07/25/2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

"By a vote of 95 to 0, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to renew the Higher Education Act that would, among many other things, raise the ceiling for the maximum Pell Grant to $6,300, make it easier for students to apply for federal financial aid, sharply restrict the relationships between lenders and colleges, ramp up scrutiny of colleges that raise tuitions sharply, and scuttle the Education Department committee that recognizes accrediting agencies. The passage of the legislation means that within the space of five days, senators passed two mammoth bills — the other a budget reconciliation measure that would shift billions of dollars in federal funds from lenders to students — that could reshape federal higher education policy for years to come. "

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