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updated on 09/21/05
NEA Action on
HEA
House Actions | Senate
Actions | NEA Actions
NEA issues a statement
of principles on federal funding for Higher Education.
On Senate Legislation
NEA's letter to Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee on proposals to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.
Read the detailed comments by NEA and AFT on the Senate Bill to amend the HEA.
Read
NEA's comments ( ,
21k) and summary of
the Senate bill S.1793 College
Quality, Affordability and Diversity Improvement Act of 2003.
NEA supported a set of guiding
principles for the Senate to consider for the Workforce Investment
Act (H.R.1261).
On House Legislation
Read the testimonial ( 12k) from
an NEA member regarding loan consolidation addressed in H.R.
3180 College Opportunity for All Act.
Read an excerpt (,
7k) from letter of support addressing NEA's concerns in H.R.
3077 International Studies in Higher Education Act of 2003.
NEA sent
a letter (,
35k) to U.S. House of Representatives on July 8, 2003, recommending
changes to H.R.2211-Ready to Teach Act and H.R.438 Teacher Recruitment
and Retention Act. Some of the recommendations for modifying H.R.2211
are highlighted below:
- require the higher education institution be the fiscal agent of the
partnership grant
- remove Section 202 provisions referring to merit pay, teacher advancement
and teacher removal that are not relevant to HEA
- change reporting requirements to measure "completers" of
teacher education programs
- add language to clarify that the act does not supercede collective
bargaining agreements or normal faculty governance structures
NEA recommendations to modify H.R.438 are to:
- shorten the waiting period before loan forgiveness
becomes effective
- broaden the pool of teachers eligible for loan forgiveness
- include professors of teacher education and others
teaching in high-demand career fields in the loan forgiveness program
Get the details on all
of the recommendations (,
35k) NEA has proposed for the H.R.2211-Ready to Teach Act and
H.R.438 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act.
NEA achieved some modest improvements in the
legislation, including references to the community college role in
teacher education.
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New Joint Statement
NEA and AFT issue another joint statement of priorities for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA). The recommendations focus on the core goal of HEA— to increase access and make college affordable to students regardless of their financial circumstances.
AFT/NEA Recommendations
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) join forces to state their priorities for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA).
Recent Reports
"Rethinking
Graduation Rates as Accountability Measures"(,
912k), NEA
Research Center Update, January 2004. This report explains why the
congressional initiatives to use graduation rates as an accountability measure
is a bad idea. Look at the data that illustrates how institutional graduation
rates underestimate the true rate of attaining a college degree.
"Why
Are College Prices Increasing and What Should
We Do About It?"(,
961k), NEA Research
Center Update, December
2003. This report explains
how proposed government tuition price controls
would affect institutions depending on tuition
revenue for operational costs more adversely
than institutions that, historically, have
high tuition and large endowment funds.
Long, Bridget T. "The
Impact of Higher Education Tax Credits
for Higher Education Expenses",
Working Paper 9553, National Bureau of
Economic Research, March 2003. This study
concludes that access to higher education
did not improve and the tax credit facilitated
tuition increases. Read our
summary of this report.
Based on the findings
in this Update report, "Faculty
Salaries, 2002-03", it's clear that
faculty salaries are not driving tuition
increases. Over a 30-year period, the average
salary (in constant dollars) for all ranks
increased 4.6%.
Higher Ed Act Reauthorization
Recommendations
In 1998, NEA and AFT joined forces to state their
recommendations on distance learning for
the Higher Education Reauthorization Act.
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