College Officials’ Outrage Causes Senator to Withdraw

Proposed File-Sharing Measures

July 24, 2007

For Higher Ed Act Reauthorization,

An Amendment Making Colleges Responsible for File Sharing

Angela Januzzi

July 23, 2007

While the Higher Education Act undergoes reauthorization, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada has proposed an additional amendment to the legislation. For years Congress has expressed concern about colleges’ responsible in restraining their students’ illegal file-sharing on school computer networks—now Sen. Reid is acting on that concern, much to the worry higher education institutions.

Cuomo’s Office Signs ‘Code of Conduct’ with Large Loan Company

Angela Januzzi

July 20, 2007

In the ongoing controversial legislation involving the reauthorizing of the Higher Education Act and its related measures, which would cut government subsidies to lenders and instead raise the federal Pell Grant, The Bush Administration seemed less adverse to the Senate-approved version of the bills than the House’s. Even while both houses have passed the legislation, however, there are immense changes still expected—especially to the measure requiring loan companies’ student forgiveness after payments have been made for a certain number of years--to be made before the legislation goes into effect.