Word: rep
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...Rep. John Bucanan Jr. (R-Ala.), member of the subcommittee on Post-Secondary Education in the House of Representatives; Rep. William D. Ford (D-Mich.), chairman of the committee; and Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities and principle author of the Middle Income Student Assistance Act passed last fall...
...handles the issue in the office. Schmidt's (read: Harvard's) concerns are echoed by national decision-makers. "Frankly, I am appalled by the rush of some members of Congress to create this department despite the lack of information available about the actual impact of these structural changes," Rep. Chisholm told the House Government Operations Committee last year. Chisholm labels the department "a $17 million shot in the dark...
Such arguments have found friendly ears in the halls of Congress. Rep. Cecil Heftel (D-Hawaii) adequately summarized the feelings of many in his testimony before the House Committee...
Opponents of the legislation, who come from a wide variety of backgrounds armed with a variety of different axes to grind, argue that a new Cabinet level department would simply add more fatty tissue to the federal blob. Some, like Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D-N.Y.). believe that funding lies at the heart of the system's problem and that "increased appropriations are not dependent upon the creation of a new department." Individuals like Rosenthal and organizations like the United States Catholic Conference--a major lobby for private school interests--argue that the legislation's proponents must prove...
...creep very close to those key academic functions which really matter--the size of the student body, the composition of the faculty, etc." Bok says he believes that the Department of Education would provide a "good vantage point" for increasing governmental encroachment in educational policy, even in private institutions. Rep. Erlenborn notes that the "tenacles of the federal government are everywhere." Erlenborn believes establishing a Department of Education threatens local diversity and control over course and textbook content. "The tentacles will be stronger and reach further," he warns ominously. "The Department of Education will end up being the nation...