BOTH THE HOUSE AND Senate introduced bills this week that aim to extend Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act (Ecasla) for an additional year, which buoyed the shares of SLM (ticker: SLM) and Nelnet (NNI).
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Student Aid Legislation Update | College Education, Books and Loans
This means it is unlikely that any student aid legislation will be brought before the Senate Education Committee until Senate leaders have decided whether to include healthcare in the budget reconciliation process. …
Eye On Oshkosh: Governor Doyle Signs into Law First Steps toward …
MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today (Monday) signed into law Senate Bills 370, 371, 372 and 373, which take the first steps toward reforming education in Wisconsin and ensuring every student has a chance to succeed. …
Student Loan Debate Continues as Legislation Languishes behind …
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, passed by the House of Representatives in September, has yet to see its counterpart taken up for debate in the Senate. Yet the debate over student loan reform is heating up again as the …
Senate's Slow Move Toward Student-Loan Bill Is Raising Anxieties …
A yearlong push by Congress to end the bank-based system of student lending has hit rough water in the Senate, as a result of delays due to the health-care debate, persistent pushback by loan companies, and lingering concerns among some …
Wisconsin Takes First Steps To Major Education Reform | The Gov …
Governor Jim Doyle today signed into law Senate Bills 370, 371, 372 and 373, which take the first steps toward reforming education in Wisconsin and ensuring every student has a chance to succeed.
Times Higher Education – Student protest saves Sheffield biblical …
Writing on the Sheffield Student Union website, Holly Taylor, the education officer, says students were unaware of the closure plans until shortly before the senate meeting. After launching a petition to protest against the proposals, …
NJIT: News: NJIT Student Wins Scholarship to Greenbuild Conference
Leean “Coco” Orama, a senior majoring in engineering technology and president of the NJIT Student Senate, was one of only four students nationwide selected to receive an all-expense-paid scholarship to the U.S. Green Building Council …