Update from the Update from the Nation’s CapitalNation’s Capital

Brittny McCarthyDirector, Federal Relations

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

Higher Education Higher Education LandscapeLandscape

• Budget and Appropriations• Higher Education Act• U.S. Department of Education

Negotiated Rulemaking

Budget and Budget and AppropriationsAppropriations

• Fiscal Year 2007 Appropriations• Fiscal Year 2008 Budget

– President’s Budget– House Budget Resolution– Senate Budget Resolution

• Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriations

Budget and Budget and Appropriations-Appropriations-

The Political The Political EnvironmentEnvironment• Supplemental

– Iraq War• Debt and Deficit• Earmarks• Pay-as-you-go (PAYGO)• Assumptions

– Entitlements– Tax reform

Higher Education ActHigher Education Act

• Senate Timeline and Negotiations• House Timeline and Negotiations

Higher Education Act-Higher Education Act-The Political The Political EnvironmentEnvironment

• Secretary’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education

• Competing Priorities- No Child Left Behind, Head Start, and others

• Student Loan Scandals• Negotiated Rulemaking

Department of Department of EducationEducation

Negotiated RulemakingNegotiated Rulemaking• Student Loans

– http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2007/loans.html

• Accreditation– http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/

reg/hearulemaking/2007/accred.html

Policy ThemesPolicy Themes

• Federalism• Accountability and the role of data• Affordability• Integrity

QuestionsQuestions?

AASCU CONTACTSEd ElmendorfSr. Vice President for Government Relationselmendorfe@aascu.orgBrittny McCarthyDirector of Federal Relationsmccarthyb@aascu.orgDan HurleyDirector of State Relationshurleyd@aascu.orgAASCU Headquarters202-293-7070www.aascu.org