Week of March 28
·
This
week,
both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are on recess for the Easter holiday. The
U.S. Senate will return on Monday, April 4, and the U.S. House will return on
Tuesday, April 12.
·
Today
at 10:00 a.m., New America hosts a discussion entitled, “The Future of College
Assessment,” which will examine whether college assessments can reduce the
growing public anxiety about higher education prices and student debt where
colleges and universities are facing pressure to show results. The event will
highlight a new generation of standardized assessments designed to
measure the critical thinking, analytic reasoning, and communication skills and
feature a new white paper titled “Standardized Assessments of College
Learning: Past and Future” by Purdue University scholar Fredrik deBoer.
Panelists include: Kevin Carey, Education Policy Program Director, New
America; Alberto Acerada, Senior Director of Business
Development and Global Education, Education Testing Service; and Roger
Benjamin, President, Council for Aid to Education and Publisher,
Collegiate Learning Assessment.
·
On
Tuesday at 9:00 a.m., Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White gives the keynote
address at the Mutual Fund Directors Forum’s 2016 Policy Conference in
Washington, DC.
·
On
Tuesday at 12:20 p.m., Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gives a speech on
“Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy” at the Economic Club of New York
luncheon.
·
On
Tuesday at 2:00 p.m., the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint
Committee on Taxation release their analysis of the President’s proposed fiscal
year 2017 budget. Each year, CBO and Joint Tax estimate the budgetary effects
of the changes to the tax code and spending programs proposed in the
President’s budget.
· On Thursday at
9:30 a.m.,
New America hosts a discussion titled, “The Index Card: Rules of Thumb and the
Future of Financial Education,” which will provide a number of ideas designed
to give the public the tools to improve their financial health and well-being
and discuss research on consumer knowledge of and attitudes toward rules of
thumb. Panelists include: Justin King, Policy Director, Asset Building
Program, New America; Helaine Olen, Co-Author, The Index Card: Why
Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to be Complicated and Columnist, Slate; and Irene
Skricki, Senior Financial Education Program Analyst, CFPB.
·
On
Thursday at 2:00 p.m., the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment
Partnerships, ACT, and Jobs for the Future hold a Congressional briefing
titled, “Showcase of Dual and Concurrent Enrollment Programs and Policies:
Innovative Approaches to College Access and Affordability.” Participants
include: Zephranie Buetow, Office of Senator Gary Peters (D-MI); Patrick
Cannon, Purdue University North Central; Scott Frein, ACT; Elizabeth
Grant, Jobs for the Future; Adam Lowe, National Alliance of Concurrent
Enrollment Partnerships; Armella Smith, Shelby County Schools; Loralee
Stevens, Johnson County Community College; and Amy Williams, Montana
University System.
· On Thursday at
2:00 p.m.,
the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of
Urban Serving Universities host an event to launch Collaborating for Change, an
initiative working to promote and assist public urban research universities as
they plan and implement transformational approaches to advance student success.
Participants include: Peter McPherson, President, APLU; Mark Becker,
President, Georgia State University; Mark Rosenberg, President, Florida
International University; Sukhwant Jhaj, Vice Provost for Academic
Innovation and Student Success, Portland State University; and Thomas Moss,
Associate Vice Provost, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Shared by NCHER and SASFAA's Legislative Relations' Committee.
Ron was KASFAA President for the
1995-96 KASFAA year. In 2001, Ron was awarded KASFAA’s highest honor –
The Herb Vescio Distinguished Service Award. In 2003, when Ron left
Kentucky for Arizona, he was awarded with KASFAA Honorary Life Membership.
