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Article & News Archive

• NACAC Letter and Hill Visits
• Teacher benefits questions--legislators look for ways to cut cost of education
• UB Participants Defend Program
• Congress to Colleges, Bush Budget is DOA
• Report Faults Bush Initiative on Education
• Don't Knock Down Upward Bound
• Plan would cut DSC programs, budget could affect ETS and UB
• Boehner Opposes Cuts to GEAR UP, TRIO (View the article in pdf, pg. 4 in Education Daily)
• Cuts to Ground Bound
• Burns Disappointed in Education Cuts
• Educators Fear Bush Budget Cuts
• Talking Points Regarding Mathematica
• PART Ratings of ED programs assessed to date (pdf). OMB has rated 56 programs through the PART rating system.  Only two have been rated effective – the National Center on Education Statistics and the National Assessment (of Educational Programs).  Despite the fact that the Department of Education’s Budget totals $69.4 billion, no program educating students has been rated effective.

• FY06 URGENT ALERT: MESSAGE FROM DR. ARNOLD MITCHEM

• Letter from SWASAP President Margarita Garza, 2-10-2005

• Message from Dr. Arnold Mitchem regarding Cole/Payne letters (View attached pdf files, letter 1 and letter 2)

• List of programs that will be eliminated within the Department of Education:
  http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget06/summary/edlite-section3.html

• SWASAP News/Updates from Pres. Margarita Garza \ Letter from Margarita Garza, Feb. 4, 2005 

• Update to the membership - Letter from Pres. Kris Simpson, Jan.2005 

• "High level officials in the White House today have confirmed that the President’s budget, to be released on February 7, will propose to terminate the Talent Search and Upward Bound programs at the end of the 2005-2006 school year...

• Ms. Sherry D. Williams announced as the 2004 ODSA TRiO Achiever!

• Article - College Choices are Limited For Students From Needy Families
• Article - Many Colleges Fall Short on Registering Student Voters
• Article - Report Card Spurs Call for Change in Academe
• "College Dreams Deferred and Denied"
• Important message from Dr. Arnold Mitchem, President of COE:  An update on HR 4283
• COUNCIL UPDATE ACTION ALERT!  A message from Debra Henderson, VP of Public Policy, COE (Talking Points - Set Aside of TRiO for New Applicants)
• President Bush Proposes $1.5 Billion Plan for High Schools
• Tight Federal Budget for 2005 Limits Increases for Student Aid & Academic Research
• Thousands of Students Could Lose Pell Grants Under Spending Bill Approved on Saturday
• Applications now available for TRIO,SSS and McNair 2005 Study Abroad
• Letter from Dr. Cheryl Dorris introducing the ODSA 2004 TRiO Achiever
• 2004 Report Cards from the Issue Dated September 24, 2004
• Read more about the ODSA TRiO Achiever Award, and view a list of past recipients
• ODSA Meets Fair Share!  See the Fair Share Report from SWASAP Past President, Javier Alcantar
• No...Teenager Left Behind??
• From USA Today:  Costs Begin Before College
• Chronicle Article: Pres. Bush's Proposed FY2006 Budget at a Glance
• TRiO Mentioned in Education Daily (pdf).
• Chronicle Article: Bush Seeks Bigger Pell Grants and Elimination of Some Programs for Low-Income Students
• $2.5 Trillion Budget Plan Cuts Many Program
• Republicans in US House Introduce Bill to Renew Higher Ed Act that Mirrors Last Year's
• Bush Budget will Propose a Recall of Federal Funds from Perkins Loans
• Bush May Cut Programs for Vets
• President Plans No Price Controls or Strict Accountability Rules for College
• Bush Faces Crunch in College-Aid Goals
• Spellings Takes Office as Education Secretary; Stroup Says She'll Stay On in Top Higher-Education Post
• Is College Getting Out of Reach?