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Education Trust Slides from Federal Student Aid Webinar
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This deck of slides are from the Education Trust for a December 17, 2012 webinar on the Federal Student Aid System, which was hosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education. |
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A System in Need of Repair: An Examination of Federal Student Aid for Postsecondary Education
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This report, released in December 2012 by the Alliance for Excellent Education, provides a brief overview of legislative changes that have altered the structure and focus of the system and turned them into a complicated web of Pell Grants, federal student loans, tuition tax credits, and campus-based aid programs that is unneccessarily convoluted and daunting for parents and students to navigate. |
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Senate Appropriations Summary of FY 2013 Hurricane Sandy Assistance (12/12/12)
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This summary, released on December 12, 2012, outlines the Senate Appropriations Committee's suggested funding and associated stipulations related to the disaster aid for rebuilding efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. |
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Exectuive Order - Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force (12/7/12)
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This Exectuive Order, released on December 7, 2012, establishes the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Froce to provide coordination that is necessary to support rebuilding objectives. |
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White House Hurricane Sandy Relief Proposal
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This document is the porposal issued by the White House regarding the need for supplemental appropiations that provide disaster relief in response to Hurricane Sandy. It was issued on December 9, 2012. |
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Guidance on Receiving Ticket to Work Payments as an Employment Network (TEN 14-12)
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This Training and Employment Notice (TEN), issued by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration on December 4, 2012, announces a streamlined process for American Job Centers, state workforce agencies, and workforce investment boards to become Employment Networks (ENs) under the Social Security Administration' Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency (TTW) program. |
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Helping to Ensure Equal Access to Education - Report to the President from Department of Education
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This report documents the work of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) during fiscal years 2009 through 2012. This work focused on three major themes: (1) greater productivity to meet a rising caseload, (2) supporting equity throughout the department, and (3) maximum impact, maximum engagement. |
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Defining a Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program
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This Training an Employment Notice, issued by the U.S.Dearptment of Labor's Employment and Training Adminisitration on November 30, 2012, provides a definition, framework, and releveland tools and resources about pre-apprenticeship programs fo rthe public workforce. |
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Federal public Education Revenues and the Sequester
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This report, released in November 2012 by the American Association of School Administrators, examines the role of federal education funding within the nation's schools across districts and states. It also analyzes the potentnial impact(s) of the funding reductions assocated with the sequestration in January 2013. |
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Portable, Stackable Credentials: A New Education Model for Industry-Specific Career Pathways
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The paper, released by the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation in November 2012, examines some of the new models being invented by innovators in education, business, and the government. It also inclides a call to action for educational institutions, employers, and policymakers to come together to build on these beginnings and design a system of portable, stackable credentials embedded in transparent, more easily navigable career pathways. |
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