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Thursday, March 14, 2019 House Education Committee Holds Hearing on College Affordability » Yesterday, the House Education and Labor Committee held the first of five planned bipartisan hearings on higher educatio...
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 What NCAN Members Need to Know About House Democrats’ Immigration Plans » Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have rolled out their highly anticipated plans to support immigrants who ar...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 NCAN Members Testify Before Senate Education Committee on FAFSA Simplification » The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee highlighted issues with which NCAN and its members are...
Monday, March 11, 2019 Trump FY20 Budget Proposal Calls for Flat Max Pell Award, Slashes Work-Study » Today, U.S. Department of Education (ED) officials unveiled the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget , which –...
Monday, March 4, 2019 Top Senate Education Committee Democrat Outlines HEA Reauthorization Vision » Last week, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Commit...
Friday, March 1, 2019 NCAN Members, Students Take to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Equity » More than 150 NCAN members and students convened in Washington last week to make their voices heard in the halls of the ne...
Monday, February 11, 2019 House Education Committee Chair Shares Vision for Comprehensive Higher Ed Reform » Last week, the leaders of the congressional education committees each had the opportunity to lay out their recommendations...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 Senate Education Committee Chair’s Reform Priorities: FAFSA, Loan Repayment, Accountability » .video-responsive{ overflow:hidden; padding-bottom:56.25%; position:relative; height:0; } .v...
Monday, November 26, 2018 See the 2018 Thankful4Pell Campaign Highlights » Another year, another successful Thankful4Pell campaign in the books! Thank you to everyone who participated and expressed...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Help Support Senate Bill to Simplify the FAFSA Process for Students » Late yesterday, the leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee introduced a bipartisan...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 4 Ways to Tell Congress You’re Thankful4Pell » In 2017-18, Pell Grants helped more than 7 million low-income students pursue higher education. But we can’t take congress...
Thursday, November 8, 2018 How Will the 2018 Election Results Affect College Access and Success? » The 2018 election results are in, and there is a lot of change coming to the relationships NCAN members have with their el...
Friday, October 19, 2018 Changes to Public Charge Determination Threaten Immigrant Families » Last week, the Trump administration proposed changes to the "public charge" determination that is part of the visa evaluat...
Thursday, September 20, 2018 NCAN Submits 3 Rounds of Comments on Proposed Rule Changes That Could Harm Students » While Congress struggles to pass comprehensive education legislation, the U.S. Department of Education continues to move f...
Friday, August 10, 2018 Gainful Employment Regs on Chopping Block » The U.S. Department of Education plans to eliminate the consumer regulation known as Gainful Employment—which ensures ce...
Friday, July 27, 2018 NCAN Compares Dueling U.S. House Bills for Higher Education Act Reauthorization » Two days after unveiling an outline for their Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization proposal, U.S. Congressman Bobb...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 U.S. House Democrats Introduce Plan to Reauthorize Higher Education Act » Today, Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) released the outline of the Aim Higher Act , the House Democrats' proposal to reaut...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Congress Should Extend Annual Pell Grant Growth Into the Future » Congress didn’t finalize the 2018 federal government budget until March this year, and with the next federal fiscal calend...
Thursday, April 26, 2018 NCAN's Bold New Proposal to Congress Would Restore Pell's Purchasing Power » After passing the 2018 federal spending bill halfway through the fiscal year, Congress is diving immediately into its plan...
Thursday, March 22, 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill Prioritizes College Affordability » In positive news for low-income students, the comprehensive funding deal reached in Congress last night made college affor...
Thursday, March 1, 2018 DACA Deadline Squashed; Dreamers' Uncertainty Remains » In September, the Trump Administration announced that it would phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Underrepresented Student Advocacy is Full Speed Ahead in 2018 » NCAN’s MorraLee Keller and Kim Cook, Florida College Access Network’s Laurie Meggesin, and College Crusade of Rhode Island...
Monday, February 12, 2018 President’s Budget Eliminates Subsidized Loans, SEOG » Today, the Trump Administration released its fiscal year 2019 budget proposal rife with cuts to federal student aid, inc...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 PROSPER Act Fails to Make Higher Ed More Affordable » As Congress looks to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, they should ensure that any simplification of programs should b...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Few Education Mentions in Trump's First State of the Union » Last night, President Trump delivered ( full prepared text ) his first State of the Union address after one year in off...
Thursday, January 25, 2018 January Policy Roundup: Dreamers, Shutdowns and Student Aid Cards » By Carrie Warick , Director of Policy and Advocacy, and Jack Porter , Advocacy Associate January has been an eventfu...
Thursday, January 18, 2018 NCAN Member Testifies at Senate Hearing on Aid Simplification » Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing on Higher Education Act reauthorizatio...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 NCAN Members Double Down in Fight for Dreamers » When the Trump Administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September, thereby gi...
Thursday, January 4, 2018 URGENT: Member Advocacy Needed for Dreamers » President Trump delivered “ a terrible blow ” to many of our students in September: He ended the Deferred Action for Child...
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