https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Feed/5 Includes news and events happening in higher education, both locally and nationally. en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:48:53 -0600 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:48:53 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MGSLP Inhouse Content System Copyright 2009 MGSLP http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MGSLPHigherEd/~3/EX_fu8s07OA/ The Student Aid Bill Watch Center links to GovTrack.us, an open source, non-partisan and non-commercial civic project that tracks congressional activity. At GovTrack you can view the full text of legislation and see related bills. The Student Aid Bill Watch Center also provides the latest Legislative News, Analysis and Advocacy from NASFAA to give members insights to congressional activities. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:48:53 -0600 https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/136/ https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/136/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MGSLPHigherEd/~3/WiK5koq8E3k/ Highlights of the economic recovery plan drafted by House Democrats and President-elect Barack Obama's economic team. Additional debt costs would add $347 billion over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:42:29 -0700 https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/132/ https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/132/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MGSLPHigherEd/~3/e3NidWlrMPg/ The U.S. Treasury agreed to commit as much as $60 billion to shore up the market for student loans and help reduce the illiquid assets clogging banks’ balance sheets, according to three people familiar with the matter. The department will use its Federal Financing Bank to provide a backstop for an initiative put together by Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley, the people said. The so-called conduit will purchase existing and new student loans from banks, and issue asset-backed commercial paper to finance itself. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:41:47 -0700 https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/131/ https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/131/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MGSLPHigherEd/~3/K5ZcCXri1QI/ "Despite a massive federal effort to aid banks and boost the economy, lending has plunged in the last year. Home-mortgage volume and bank loans to big companies are down dramatically," reports The Wall Street Journal. "But the government's response is expanding credit in at least one sector: higher education. Although the recession is weighing on colleges in many ways, the ability of students to get federal loans to pay tuition isn't one of them. Some observers say the effort could help guide intervention efforts elsewhere in the economy. If federal officials had responded as well as they did with student loans, 'we might not be in as bad a pickle as we are,' said Philip Day, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators." Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:50:57 -0700 https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/125/ https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/125/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MGSLPHigherEd/~3/u6_FW9wM5-o/ Dave Beck called it his “Welcome to Montana moment.” It was the week of Thanksgiving 2000, when his daughter brought home a note asking all the kids to dress up like pilgrims and Indians the day before the holiday. “What happens when the teacher points to someone with a paper vest and turkey feathers and says, ‘You look like a real Indian’?” Beck asked. “My daughter dresses up like an Indian every day.” Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:48:29 -0700 https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/120/ https://www.mgslp.state.mt.us/News_Feeds/Item/120/