Higher Education Act

• HEA Legislative Update
• House Education and Labor Committee member names and phone numbers

College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (HR 4137)

• Entire Bill as introduced in the House November 9, 2007

• Bill with adopted amendments as of November 15, 2007

• Specific P2P language of concern to higher education contained in College Opportunity and Afforadability Act of 2007, November 9, 2007
• Substitute copyright infringement language approved by the Senate, (SB 1642), July 26, 2007

What You Can Do

• ACTION ALERT February 15, 2008
• Talking points College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (updated March 3, 2008)

• Suggested Templates for your use in calls and faxes (updated March 3, 2008)

Member Letters to Congress

• MIT Letterto the Massachusetts delegation concerning proposed Peer-to-Peer language in the HEA bill.

Other Resources

• Higher education associations join EDUCAUSE in opposing House HEA Reauthorization language, March 11, 2008.House Letter and Senate Letter
• Letter to the Editor: Respect for Copyright Comes from EducationEDUCAUSE Vice President, Mark Luker, responds to an opinion piece by Dan Glickman of the MPAA, December 10, 2007.
• Letter to Chairman George Miller and Ranking Member Howard McKeonThis letter from EDUCAUSE requests that Section 494(a)(2) be deleted from H.R. 4137, November 27, 2007.
• Letter Opposing the Inclusing of the Entertainment Industry Proposal on Illegal File Sharing in the HEAThis Joint Committe letter was sent to members of the House Education and Labor Committee concerning the College Opportunity and Afforadability Act of 2007, November 7, 2007.
• Letter to Presidents from the Higher Education Members of the Joint CommitteeThis Joint Committe letter encourages universities and colleges to continue to educate students on illegal filesharing and copyright infringement, October 15, 2007.
• The MPAA and Illegal File Sharing Among Students An interview with Daniel R. Glickman, President of the Motion Picture Association of America. Chronicle of Higher Education, October 12, 2007.