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Public Policy Issues

Policy Presentations

January 20, 2010 Presentation by Dr. Claude Pressnell to the Education Committees of the Tennessee Senate and House.

Supporting Student Choice and Opportunity in Higher Education

View more presentations from Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association.

Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010
During a legislative special session in January 2010, the State General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010, which reforms higher education in the State of Tennessee. For the language of the Act and a summary of the law from THEC, link here.

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems

Children's Educational Records and Privacy: A study of elementary and secondary school state reporting systems.
This report from the Center on Law and Information Policy at Fordham University examines statewide K-12 longitudinal databases.

Census 2010
What Educators and Campus Leaders Need to Know About the 2010 Census

The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008
Summary of Major Provisions in the HEA Conference Report (291KB - .PDF)
NAICU HEA resource page
NAICU President's HEA Check List
Information Required to be Disclosed Under the Higher Education Act of 1965: Suggestions for Dissemination - Includes a summary of disclosure requirements in the HEA (as amended in The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008)
Net Price Calculator information from NCES

Bologna Process
The Bologna Process for U.S. Eyes - a monograph by Cliff Adelman, Institute of Higher Education Policy
The Bologna Process - What we should know - a summary put together by Claude Pressnell

TICUA Weekly Updates on General Assembly Activity

106th General Assembly
1st Session Policy Updates (January 2009 - June 2009)
1st Session Wrap-Up (July 2009)
2nd Session Policy Updates (January 2010 - June 2010)
2nd Session Wrap-Up (June 2010)

105th General Assembly
1st Session Wrap-Up (June 2007)
2nd Session Wrap-Up (May 2008)
2nd Session Bills

Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC)
Tennessee Higher Education Draft Master Plan 2005 - 2010 (1.3Mb - PDF)

Tennessee Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA)
Academic Competitiveness Grants - Eligibility Options (25KB - .PDF)
The Student Aid Gauntlet: Making Access to College Simple and Certain (609KB - .PDF)
Gauntlet Briefing Document (2.36MB - .PDF)

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
Higher Education Act Reauthorization Conference: NAICU Priorities - 16 "asks", February 2008(28.2KB - .PDF)

Your Vote, Your Voice - links to NAICU resource page on voter registration special initiative

TICUA Policy Paper Series - Securing Tennessee's Future

Examining the Administrative Burden of the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program - March 2010 (516KB - .PDF)

Contract Education: Increasing Tennessee's Return on Investment - November 2008 (1.98MB - .PDF)

Investing in Educational Opportunity: Strengthening Tennessee’s Commitment to Low-Income Students and their Families - November 2006 (2.28MB - .PDF)

Changing Lives: Supporting Opportunity in Tennessee Higher Education - July 2005 (3.34MB - .PDF)

Increasing Educational Capacity in Nursing - December 2003 (207KB - .PDF)

Strategies for Increasing Higher Education Attainment - February 2003 (158KB - .PDF)

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