Meeting President Obama's 2020 College Completion Goal
Under Secretary Martha Kanter and several senior ED officials discussed college completion and President Obama's 2020 Goal in the main auditorium at the Department of Education on July 21, 2011....
View ArticleBeyond the Iron Triangle: Containing the Cost of College and Student Debt
It's great to be back at the FSA conference. I want to second Jim's remarks about the extraordinary job that financial aid administrators, working with the Obama Administration, have done to advance...
View ArticleLeading a Life of Consequence
Thank you, Broncos for that welcome! I am so glad to join you here because today we get to do something which should happen more often in education. Today, we get to celebrate success. To our graduates...
View ArticleVice President Biden to Travel to Ohio
Washington, DC On Thursday, January 12, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio to discuss college affordability.
View ArticleVice President Biden to Travel to Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, January 13, Vice President Joe Biden and Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will visit Central Bucks High School West in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to discuss college...
View ArticleListen Live Online Today: Vice President Biden, Education Secretary Duncan to...
Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will travel to Gahanna, Ohio, today to talk to high school students and their families about the importance of college and the steps...
View ArticleListen Live Online Today: Vice President Biden, Deputy Education Secretary...
Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will travel to Doylestown, Pa., today to talk to high school students and their families about the importance of college and...
View ArticleListen Live Online Today: Vice President Biden, Deputy Education Secretary...
Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will travel to Reno, Nev., today to talk to high school students and their families about the importance of college and the...
View ArticleEducation Secretary Duncan to Discuss College Affordability, Job Creation...
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will meet with students in Tallahassee and the Miami area on Wednesday and Thursday to highlight the Administration’s work to both make college more affordable...
View ArticleEducation Secretary Duncan to Address the Department's College...
The U.S. Department of Education is convening a one-day symposium on college completion on Monday, Jan. 30, for 50 of the nation’s leading researchers, policy experts, and practitioners from 30...
View ArticleSenior Administration Officials Host Conference Call to Discuss the...
Washington, DC TODAY, 3:00PM, Cecilia Munoz, Director of the Domestic Policy Council at the White House, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will host an on-the-record conference call to...
View ArticleEducation Department Invites Higher Education Community to Share What Works...
Continuing its commitment to helping America once again lead the world in college graduates, the U.S. Department of Education has invited the higher education community to share best practices that...
View ArticleVice President Biden to Discuss College Affordability in Tallahassee, Florida
WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday, February 6, Vice President Biden and Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter will visit Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida to discuss the importance of...
View ArticleVice President Biden, U.S. Education Secretary Duncan, Sen. Kerry, and Rep....
Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his senior staff, Sen. John Kerry, and Rep. Steny Hoyer will visit three states on Monday, Feb. 6—Florida, Massachusetts and...
View ArticleUnder Secretary Martha Kanter to Travel to Greeley, Colo. to Host Town Hall...
U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter will host a Town Hall on college affordability at the University of Northern Colorado's Greeley campus on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 2:30 p.m. MT.
View ArticleEducation Department Launches New Data Tool to Help High School Officials...
The U.S. Department of Education has released a new tool that will help high school counselors and school leaders by giving them a resource to monitor FAFSA completions and better help students access...
View Article$3.1 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve Science, Engineering Education at...
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of 14 grants worth more than $3.1 million to promote long-range improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly minority...
View ArticleEducation Department Announces $254 Million for Upward Bound Projects to Help...
The U.S. Department of Education announced its first set of awards for 780 Upward Bound projects today, which will help close to 60,000 students acquire the knowledge and skills they need to access and...
View ArticleUnder Secretary Kanter to Participate in Roundtable on Financing College...
U.S. Under Secretary Martha Kanter will be one of the speakers at New America Foundation's roundtable discussion, "Financing College Success: Innovations to Promote Readiness, Access, and Completion,"...
View ArticleNew State-by-State College Attainment Numbers Show Progress Toward 2020 Goal
In remarks prepared for delivery to the summer meeting of the National Governors Association in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, July 13, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will praise governors for...
View ArticleObama Administration and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Partner to...
Today, the U.S. Department of Education unveiled the Obama Administration’s model financial aid award letter, also known as the Shopping Sheet — a personalized way to help students understand the type...
View ArticleEducation Department Awards more than $2.5 million for Seven Student Support...
The U.S. Education Department today announced the award of $2,552,193 to seven institutions of higher education to provide some 1,765 students with the academic, financial, and motivational support...
View ArticleMore Than 1.9 Million College Students to Receive Financial Aid Shopping...
Note: For regular updates on the institutions that have committed to adopting the Shopping Sheet, visit the Shopping Sheet website. Today, the U.S.
View ArticleRemarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the TIME Higher...
It's great to be at the TIME Summit on Higher Education with such a distinguished group of leaders. All of you have thought long and hard about the future of higher education. And I'll try to be brief...
View ArticleU.S. Departments of Education and Labor Announce Availability of $474.5...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, today announced the availability of $474.5 million to create and expand innovative partnerships between...
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