<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - nhillman's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - nhillman's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:34:42 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:41:55 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Subsidies for Big Banks or College for Kids: WIll Senate Blow This?</title><description><![CDATA[The president rightly calls it a "no brainer." Direct lending to college students that saves $90 billion in excess subsidies to big banks and uses it to pay for college grants for poor kids and tax breaks for working families to help pay for tuition. This isn't complicated.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3873686-subsidies-for-big-banks-or-college-for-kids-will-senate-blow-this</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3873686-subsidies-for-big-banks-or-college-for-kids-will-senate-blow-this</guid><category>education</category><category>student-aid</category><category>higher-education</category><category>public-policy</category><category>ffelp</category><category>direct-lending</category><category>financial-aid-reform</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:34:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Op-Ed Columnist - America Is Not Yet Lost - NYTimes.com</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[frankg]]></dc:creator><link>http://frankg.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3871860-op-ed-columnist-america-is-not-yet-lost-nytimescom</link><guid>http://frankg.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3871860-op-ed-columnist-america-is-not-yet-lost-nytimescom</guid><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:54:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fundraising deal for higher ed chief raises concerns </title><description><![CDATA[Raymund Paredes earns $180,000 as commissioner of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. A related nonprofit group pays him $40,000 more a year to raise funds. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/08/3870498-fundraising-deal-for-higher-ed-chief-raises-concerns-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/08/3870498-fundraising-deal-for-higher-ed-chief-raises-concerns-</guid><category>texas</category><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>texas-higher-education-coordinating-board</category><category>thecb</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:51:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>White Racial Resentment Bubbles Under the Surface of the Tea Party Movement</title><description><![CDATA[The Tea Party movement, holding its first convention this weekend, is angling to be the most revolutionary force in American politics in name and in deed, since at least the 1960s counterculture.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Bartholomew]]></dc:creator><link>http://RobertBartholomew.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/06/3862456-white-racial-resentment-bubbles-under-the-surface-of-the-tea-party-movement</link><guid>http://RobertBartholomew.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/06/3862456-white-racial-resentment-bubbles-under-the-surface-of-the-tea-party-movement</guid><category>politics</category><category>racism</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:49:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Industry Lobbying Imperils Overhaul of Student Loans</title><description><![CDATA[Four months ago, it appeared all but certain that the White House and Democrats in Congress would succeed in overhauling the student loan business and ending government subsidies to private lenders.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3859054-industry-lobbying-imperils-overhaul-of-student-loans</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3859054-industry-lobbying-imperils-overhaul-of-student-loans</guid><category>education</category><category>lobbying</category><category>higher-education</category><category>sallie-mae</category><category>lobby</category><category>us-department-of-education</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:34:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Budget crunch looms for Missouri higher education</title><description><![CDATA[Privatizing public universities, shutting down colleges, and across-the-board elimination of athletic programs are just some of the ideas that college and university presidents in Missouri are expected to discuss during a meeting next week with the Missouri Department of Higher E&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3859050-budget-crunch-looms-for-missouri-higher-education</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3859050-budget-crunch-looms-for-missouri-higher-education</guid><category>education</category><category>privatization</category><category>missouri</category><category>state-budget</category><category>higher-education</category><category>college-finance</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:33:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lobbying Spending Database Education</title><description><![CDATA[Total For Education: $95,124,409

Total Number of Lobbyists Reported: 1,499]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3859045-lobbying-spending-database-education</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3859045-lobbying-spending-database-education</guid><category>lobbying</category><category>open-secrets</category><category>education-lobby</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:32:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How to Get Our Democracy Back</title><description><![CDATA[If we want change, we have to change Congress.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ecosocialist]]></dc:creator><link>http://ecosocialist.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3858967-how-to-get-our-democracy-back</link><guid>http://ecosocialist.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3858967-how-to-get-our-democracy-back</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:09:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Education Exception - the president's FY11 ed budget</title><description><![CDATA[Not every higher education-related program would fare well under the budget blueprint; the administration would hold funding for many student aid programs other than Pell Grants at their 2010 levels and eliminate a handful of others; end the Department of Labor's Career Pathways &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3853542-the-education-exception-the-presidents-fy11-ed-budget</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3853542-the-education-exception-the-presidents-fy11-ed-budget</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>federal-budget</category><category>college-access</category><category>politics-of-education</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:22:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Investing in Education: The American Graduation Initiative</title><description><![CDATA[As part of his effort to build a stronger foundation that will allow us to lead in the global economy, the President announced today a historic initiative to strengthen our nation's community colleges, and called for five million additional graduates by 2020.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3853534-investing-in-education-the-american-graduation-initiative</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3853534-investing-in-education-the-american-graduation-initiative</guid><category>white-house</category><category>education</category><category>community-colleges</category><category>multimedia</category><category>american-graduation-initiative</category><category>obama-on-higher-education</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:20:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>IU cuts could worsen state's doctor shortage</title><description><![CDATA[Facing a $7 million budget cut, the Indiana University School of Medicine plans to reduce the number of new students next year - a move that will save money but could reduce the number of physicians when the state is already facing a shortage.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3853495-iu-cuts-could-worsen-states-doctor-shortage</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3853495-iu-cuts-could-worsen-states-doctor-shortage</guid><category>college</category><category>education</category><category>indiana</category><category>state-budget</category><category>higher-education</category><category>medical-students</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:06:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Which Media Center Is Right for You: Boxee, XBMC, and Windows Media Center Compared</title><description><![CDATA[Want all your downloads, streaming video, and other techie media stuff on your TV? Wondering which media center works best for you? Here's a look at the biggies in chart and Venn diagram form, followed by some lengthy breakdowns of each.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/02/3845778-which-media-center-is-right-for-you-boxee-xbmc-and-windows-media-center-compared</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/02/3845778-which-media-center-is-right-for-you-boxee-xbmc-and-windows-media-center-compared</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>media</category><category>home-video</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:41:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Progressive Case for Educational Standardization</title><description><![CDATA[In the responses from higher education to the 2006 report of Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839604-a-progressive-case-for-educational-standardization</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839604-a-progressive-case-for-educational-standardization</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>education-reform</category><category>aaup</category><category>state-policy</category><category>learning-outcomes</category><category>spellings-commission</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:45:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>At Public Universities - Less for More</title><description><![CDATA[In her first two attempts to register, she hadn't been able to get her outstanding general-ed requirements or any advanced classes in her major. Classes were full, or not being offered this term. If she can't complete what she needs to graduate, Ms.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839095-at-public-universities-less-for-more</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839095-at-public-universities-less-for-more</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>recession</category><category>ny-times</category><category>public-college</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:32:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Views: Make &quot;Maintenance of Effort&quot; Permanent </title><description><![CDATA[When Congress wrote into the Higher Education Act renewal and then the economic stimulus legislation provisions requiring states to fund their higher education systems at a certain minimum level to receive some federal money, even those of us who favored the idea weren't sure e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839092-views-make-maintenance-of-effort-permanent-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839092-views-make-maintenance-of-effort-permanent-</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>higher-education-finance</category><category>maintenance-of-effort</category><category>king-alexander</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:31:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2010 State of the States - Higher Education</title><description><![CDATA[Governors throughout the nation are outlining important higher education-related initiatives in their State of the State addresses. 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Coordination does not always require active direction by a state agency.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839083-the-master-plan-at-50-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-part-coordinating-higher-education-in-california</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839083-the-master-plan-at-50-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-part-coordinating-higher-education-in-california</guid><category>education</category><category>california</category><category>planning</category><category>higher-education</category><category>governance</category><category>legislative-affairs-office</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:29:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Study says UT may be overlooking needy </title><description><![CDATA[The University of Tennessee may be overlooking the state's neediest college students, researchers found.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839063-study-says-ut-may-be-overlooking-needy-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/01/3839063-study-says-ut-may-be-overlooking-needy-</guid><category>tennessee</category><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>education-trust</category><category>college-access</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:27:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fast-growing Ivy Tech feeling pain of state budget cuts </title><description><![CDATA[Hoosiers enrolling at fast-growing Ivy Tech Community College might find it increasingly difficult to get the classes they want at the times they prefer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/27/3815633-fast-growing-ivy-tech-feeling-pain-of-state-budget-cuts-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/27/3815633-fast-growing-ivy-tech-feeling-pain-of-state-budget-cuts-</guid><category>education</category><category>indiana</category><category>higher-education</category><category>recession</category><category>community-college</category><category>enrollment</category><category>ivy-tech</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:05:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tennessee lawmakers pass higher-education bill</title><description><![CDATA[ennessee's community college students should find it easier to transfer between schools and to public four-year universities starting next year under a plan approved Thursday night by the state legislature.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/22/3793719-tennessee-lawmakers-pass-higher-education-bill</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/22/3793719-tennessee-lawmakers-pass-higher-education-bill</guid><category>tennessee</category><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>community-college</category><category>college-transfer</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:33:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>