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Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Education Policy: The Policymaking Environment of New York State
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Nienhusser, H. Kenny – Review of Higher Education, 2015
This research presents findings of the policymaking environment in the area of postsecondary education benefits for undocumented immigrants in New York. In addition to describing the response to ever-changing federal, state, and local actions, this investigation also identifies five political forces (power of the governor, pressure of advocacy…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Educational Policy, Postsecondary Education, Educational Benefits
Legislative Agenda Setting for In-State Resident Tuition Policies: Immigration, Representation, and Educational Access
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McLendon, Michael K.; Mokher, Christine G.; Flores, Stella M. – American Journal of Education, 2011
Few recent issues in higher education have been as contentious as that of legislation extending in-state college tuition benefits to undocumented students, initiatives now known as in-state resident tuition (ISRT) policies. Building on several strands of literature in political science and higher education studies, we analyze the effects of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Political Science, State Colleges, Governance
Tax Breaks Pushed for Colleges although Some Lawmakers Are Dubious
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Fain, Paul; Ashburn, Elyse; Strout, Erin; Van Der, Werf, Martin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Skepticism among lawmakers in Congress that colleges are adequately trying to control costs may hinder legislation that would extend tax breaks for higher education, according to the chairman of the influential Senate Finance Committee. Senator Max S. Baucus said skepticism on Capitol Hill has been fueled by anger over multimillion-dollar coaches'…
Descriptors: Legislators, Tax Credits, Taxes, Tuition
College Tuition Tax Credits. Hearing Before the Task Force on Tax Expenditures, Government Organization and Regulation of the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fifth Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Budget. – 1977
Transcripts of the hearings held on April 28 and May 12, 1977 include the statements of the Assistant Secretary for Education (Mary Berry), congressional representatives, representatives of national student and higher education associations, and additional information and statements submitted for the record by federal officials, college…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Federal Government
Administration of the Office of Education's Student Financial Aid Program. Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, B-164031(1). Report to the Special Subcommittee on Education, House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Staats, Elmer B. – 1974
Certain aspects of the Guaranteed Student Loan, National Direct Student Loan, College Work-Study, and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants programs are reviewed and evaluated. The rules and regulations OE provides to educational and lending institutions for administering the federally sponsored student financial aid programs are found to be…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Education and Training for Veterans; Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-first Congress, First Session. Part 1 and Part 2.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1969
This report of Senate committee hearings on legislation to amend Title 38 of the United States Code concerning education and training for veterans contains testimony by senators, educators, and other interested parties, news releases and other background information, and the text of the nine proposed amendments. Such aspects as funding and costs,…
Descriptors: College Admission, Committees, Community Colleges, Costs
Target Report No. 4. Legislative Scorecard.
Dudley, Jim, Comp.; Von Kennel, Tim, Comp. – 1978
Votes of the Senators and Representatives on selected bills deemed important to students covering late 1976 and all of 1977 are presented along with the National Student Association and the National Student Lobby (NSA-NSL) rating of each Congressman. The rating is based on the percentage of times the Congressman voted in favor of the position that…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bus Transportation, Career Education, Civil Rights