NAICU Washington Update September23, 2011
Formerly Week in Review | Full stories available in a composite PDF file on theNAICU Web site
· Senate Appropriators Cut In-School Interest to Keep $5,550 Pell
· Ed Dept. Continues to Expand its Data Collection Horizons
· Ed Dept. Holds Meeting on Standardizing Aid Award Letters
· Weak Economy Pushes Default Rates Higher
· IRS Issues Final Guidance on Business-Use Cell Phones
· Updated Guide to Campus Political “Do’s” and “Don’ts”
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its FY 2012 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill on Sept. 21, maintaining the SEOG and Federal Work-Study student aid programs at last year's levels. The committee also funded a maximum Pell Grant of $5,500.
The Department of Education has formally added "P-20W" to its lexicon of longitudinal data collection - signaling the inevitable growth path that already has taken us from K-12 to P-16 to P-20.
The Department of Education held a public meeting on Sept. 13, on plans for developing a model financial aid award letter for colleges to use, as mandated in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. The meeting included a background presentation by the department, comments by a panel of experts, and small group discussions.
The nation's continuing economic problems pushed student loan default rates higher in fiscal year 2009, according to new data from the Department of Education. The overall two-year cohort default rate (CDR) rose to 8.8 percent in FY 2009, up from 7.0 percent in FY 2008.
Last week, the IRS issued guidance on the tax treatment of business-issued cell phones and other electronic devices, formally clarifying they are non-taxable to employees, and that no record-keeping is required by employers.
The American Council on Education has released an updated guide to campaign-related "do's" and "don'ts" for colleges and universities.
About NAICU Washington Update
Daniel J. Carey, President, Edgewood College, Chair, NAICU Board of Directors
David L. Warren, President
Sarah Flanagan, Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development
Roland H. King, Vice President for Public Affairs and Editor
Washington Update is available to NAICU member presidents and their staff via e-mail upon request, and is archived on the NAICU Web site, both as individual stories and as a complete-issue PDF file, formatted for printing,
To subscribe, or for member log-in user name and password, e-mail roland@naicu.edu.
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036
(202) 785-8866, Fax (202) 835-0003
www.naicu.edu
© 2011 by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
NAICU Washington Update September23, 2011
Formerly Week in Review | Full stories available in a composite PDF file on theNAICU Web site
· Senate Appropriators Cut In-School Interest to Keep $5,550 Pell
· Ed Dept. Continues to Expand its Data Collection Horizons
· Ed Dept. Holds Meeting on Standardizing Aid Award Letters
· Weak Economy Pushes Default Rates Higher
· IRS Issues Final Guidance on Business-Use Cell Phones
· Updated Guide to Campus Political “Do’s” and “Don’ts”
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its FY 2012 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill on Sept. 21, maintaining the SEOG and Federal Work-Study student aid programs at last year's levels. The committee also funded a maximum Pell Grant of $5,500.
The Department of Education has formally added "P-20W" to its lexicon of longitudinal data collection - signaling the inevitable growth path that already has taken us from K-12 to P-16 to P-20.
The Department of Education held a public meeting on Sept. 13, on plans for developing a model financial aid award letter for colleges to use, as mandated in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. The meeting included a background presentation by the department, comments by a panel of experts, and small group discussions.
The nation's continuing economic problems pushed student loan default rates higher in fiscal year 2009, according to new data from the Department of Education. The overall two-year cohort default rate (CDR) rose to 8.8 percent in FY 2009, up from 7.0 percent in FY 2008.
Last week, the IRS issued guidance on the tax treatment of business-issued cell phones and other electronic devices, formally clarifying they are non-taxable to employees, and that no record-keeping is required by employers.
The American Council on Education has released an updated guide to campaign-related "do's" and "don'ts" for colleges and universities.
About NAICU Washington Update
Daniel J. Carey, President, Edgewood College, Chair, NAICU Board of Directors
David L. Warren, President
Sarah Flanagan, Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development
Roland H. King, Vice President for Public Affairs and Editor
Washington Update is available to NAICU member presidents and their staff via e-mail upon request, and is archived on the NAICU Web site, both as individual stories and as a complete-issue PDF file, formatted for printing,
To subscribe, or for member log-in user name and password, e-mail roland@naicu.edu.
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036
(202) 785-8866, Fax (202) 835-0003
www.naicu.edu
© 2011 by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.