On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing a coalition of taxpayer, limitedgovernment, and free market advocates, we write to express our strong support for the nominationof Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education. We have full confidence in Mrs. McMahon to be an independent and thoughtful leader on educationissues in President Trump’s historic second…
By Gerard Scimeca January 9, 2025 “Education elicited nary a blip as a top voter issue this past election, but make no mistake that America’s system of higher education has been as badly damaged as any other part of our economy left under control of Biden’s far-left Washington bureaucrats for four years. Incompetence and partisanship…
CASE issued a statement today praising President Trump’s nomination of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education. An enormously successful business executive with government experience as former head of the Small Business Administration (SBA), McMahon will take the reins of a government agency currently marked with a shocking level of incompetence regarding its failure to timely…
Welcome back to another edition of Higher Ed on the Hill, where we break down the top issues facing higher education policy. On the chopping block today – the Biden-Harris Department of Education. The Biden-Harris administration has routinely used the DoEd to advance its political bias against career colleges via their Enforcement Office, utilizing unprecedented…
On September 12, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE) hosted a briefing with congressional staff to address the ongoing and pervasive abuses by the Biden-Harris U.S. Department of Education. The hour-long conversation featured education policy experts and advocates for the Veterans community to discuss the tactics the biased Department is using to close career…
Students, parents, and taxpayers received some rare good news late last month from the Department of Education: Richard Cordray, a longtime ideologue with the Biden and Obama administrations, is leaving his post at the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA). Cordray’s three-year tenure at helm of FSA was marked by incompetence, vengefulness, and inconsistency, making…
An unmistakable trend has taken hold in higher education, with more students turning their backs away from the traditional four-year diploma and toward colleges that provide skilled training for dozens of in-demand jobs with strong prospects for growth and higher salaries. As noted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the appeal of vocational…
The United States has a vibrant higher education system that offers students of all backgrounds an opportunity to earn a degree or skill that will increase their opportunities and earning potential. In theory, our federal government plays an important role in this area, through the Higher Education Act. But in recent years, the Department of…
February 8, 2024 Gerard ScimecaChairman, CASE The resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay elucidated elite academia’s wholesale abandonment of their core mission to educate and equip students to become responsible and productive members of society. Disturbingly, this abandonment has a willing accomplice in the Biden Administration. The Department of Education’s (DOE) coddling of higher education’s…
Alexandria, Virginia — Today CASE issued the following endorsement letter in strong support of H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act, introduced by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce. _____________________________________________________________________________ January 30, 2024 The Honorable Virginia FoxxChair, House Committee on Education & the Workforce2462 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC…
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