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H.R.4137: To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

February 06, 2008 Act aims to lower college expenses

"This bill, HR 4137, continues our efforts to make college more affordable and accessible for all qualified students by addressing rising college prices, ...

Source: The Daily Collegian Online, PA
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February 06, 2008 Bush May Oppose House Bill on Higher Education Act

By Category Washington — President Bush may come out against the bill (HR 4137) to renew the Higher Education Act that the US House of Representatives is ...

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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February 06, 2008 Educause Lobbies Against Piracy Measure in House Bill

The measure is part of a higher-education-policy bill, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007, HR 4137, which is scheduled for a vote by the ...

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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February 06, 2008 Regulation of College Endowments Has Support in House

... the House version of legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. Lawmakers are scheduled to begin considering the bill (HR 4137) on Thursday. ...

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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February 05, 2008 Budget line, bill aim to lighten load on students' wallets

By fall 2010, the legislation would publish lists of the institutions with the highest and lowest tuitions and fees, according to HR 4137. ...

Source: N.C. State University Technician Online, NC
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January 28, 2008 Group to fight rising book costs

... for the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137), said Tom Hackman, a senior economics and political science major, who works for NYPIRG. ...

Source: SU The Daily Orange (subscription), NY
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January 24, 2008 MPAA Admits Stats Inflated As Congress Considers Copyright ...

... derail the pending Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (HR 4137), which unanimously passed in the House Education and Labor Committee in November. ...

Source: MediaPost Publications, New York
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January 22, 2008 Troubling 'Digital Theft Prevention' Requirements Remain in Higher ...

Well unfortunately it appears that its prospects for passage are now brighter with reports that HR 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of ...

Source: Zeropaid, CA
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January 19, 2008 Congress takes aim at education reform

"Congressman Udall will consider the merits of HR 4137, and if it is in keeping his goal of effectively making college more affordable and accessible to ...

Source: University of Colorado The Campus Press, CO
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January 16, 2008 Congressional Research Service Issues Report Comparing Competing ...

The report provides a side-by-side comparison of the two proposals—S. 1642, already passed by the Senate and HR 4137, which is awaiting action in the ...

Source: AACRAO Transcript, DC
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January 08, 2008 Bush Pushes Congress to Renew ‘No Child’ Law in 2008

Miller’s committee approved that bill ( HR 4137 ) on Nov. 15. Once the House passes it, probably early this year, a House-Senate conference committee will ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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December 24, 2007 Congress Is Getting Closer to Higher Education Reauthorization

The College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137), which the House panel approved in November, will create new programs, increase authorization levels ...

Source: The Heartland Institute, IL
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December 10, 2007 Fake degrees help terrorists skirt immigration, lawmakers say

The bill, HR 4137 or the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007, serves as a catchall vehicle for reauthorizing many education programs. ...

Source: FCW.com, VA
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December 10, 2007 Proposed Law Stiffens Penalties For Piracy

Also last month, the House Education and Labor Committee unanimously approved the Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (HR 4137), which requires ...

Source: Mediapost.com, NY
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December 08, 2007 Download A Song -- Lose Your Loan

On Nov 22 the House Education and Labor Committee approved HR 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (COAA). The name sounds like something ...

Source: AlterNet, CA
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November 28, 2007 New Bill To Reduce Textbook Prices

According to a provision in HR 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 - which is a part of the Higher Education Act of 1965 - would ...

Source: Daily Nexus, CA
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November 21, 2007 Textbook bill up for vote in House

The House Committee on Education and Labor unanimously passed the textbook legislation in HR 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, ...

Source: The UCLA Daily Bruin, CA
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November 17, 2007 Better Late Than Never: Congress Addresses the College ...

... reauthorization of the Higher Education Act Thursday when it approved the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137) by a margin of 44 to 0. ...

Source: Huffington Post, NY
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November 16, 2007 House Panel Backs Higher Ed Bill

The House panel backed the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137) by a margin of 44 to 0, after voting on a half dozen amendments on which the ...

Source: Inside Higher Ed, DC
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