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Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextTo provide institutions of higher education with a right of action against entities that improperly regulate intercollegiate sports activities. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Protection of University Governance Act of 2007 - Prohibits a nongovernmental entity that regulates intercollegiate sports from penalizing, or denying any benefit to, an institution of higher education by reason of the name, symbol, emblem, or mascot of the school's intercollegiate sports team. Makes an entity which violates such prohibition subject to injunction and liable to an aggrieved school for damages and legal fees.
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Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - By Senator Kennedy from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 110-231. Bill TextA bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 7/24/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Higher Education Amendments of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise HEA programs and to extend the authorization of appropriations for them through FY2013. Title I: General Provisions - (Sec. 101) Adds definitions of a critical foreign language, distance education, and poverty line. Provides that critical foreign languages are those contained on the list designated by the Secretary of Education in the Federal Register on August 5, 1985, but allows the Secretary to set language priorities according to the purposes of a specific program and national security, economic competitiveness, and educational needs. States that poverty line refers to the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved. (Sec. 102) Revises [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/11/2007 - Ms. Jackson-Lee moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextCondemning the decision by the leadership of the University and College Union of the United Kingdom to support a boycott of Israeli academia. 7/11/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Condemns the vote by the leadership of the University and College Union (UCU) of May 30, 2007, to consider at the branch level a boycott Israeli academics and academic institutions. Urges the international scholarly community, the European Union (EU), and individual governments to reject, or continue to oppose, calls for an academic boycott of Israel. Urges governments and educators throughout the world to reaffirm the importance of academic freedom. Urges other unions and organizations to reject the troubling actions of the UCU. Urges the general members of the UCU to reject the call of the union's leadership to boycott Israel.
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Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - By Senator Kennedy from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 110-231. Bill TextA bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 7/24/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Higher Education Amendments of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise HEA programs and to extend the authorization of appropriations for them through FY2013. Title I: General Provisions - (Sec. 101) Adds definitions of a critical foreign language, distance education, and poverty line. Provides that critical foreign languages are those contained on the list designated by the Secretary of Education in the Federal Register on August 5, 1985, but allows the Secretary to set language priorities according to the purposes of a specific program and national security, economic competitiveness, and educational needs. States that poverty line refers to the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved. (Sec. 102) Revises [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Boycott, Civil rights, College teachers, Colleges, Cultural relations, Education, Educational associations, Europe, European Union, Foreign policy, Higher education, Humanities, International affairs, Israel, Labor, Middle East and North Africa, Science policy, Scientific exchanges, United Kingdom
Latest Action: 07/11/2007 - Ms. Jackson-Lee moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextCondemning the decision by the leadership of the University and College Union of the United Kingdom to support a boycott of Israeli academia. 7/11/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Condemns the vote by the leadership of the University and College Union (UCU) of May 30, 2007, to consider at the branch level a boycott Israeli academics and academic institutions. Urges the international scholarly community, the European Union (EU), and individual governments to reject, or continue to oppose, calls for an academic boycott of Israel. Urges governments and educators throughout the world to reaffirm the importance of academic freedom. Urges other unions and organizations to reject the troubling actions of the UCU. Urges the general members of the UCU to reject the call of the union's leadership to boycott Israel.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Civil liberties, College administration, College sports, Colleges, Commemorations, Communications, Damages, Education, Educational associations, Emblems, Higher education, Injunctions, Law, Legal fees, Liability (Law), Names, Signs and symbols, Sports
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextTo provide institutions of higher education with a right of action against entities that improperly regulate intercollegiate sports activities. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Protection of University Governance Act of 2007 - Prohibits a nongovernmental entity that regulates intercollegiate sports from penalizing, or denying any benefit to, an institution of higher education by reason of the name, symbol, emblem, or mascot of the school's intercollegiate sports team. Makes an entity which violates such prohibition subject to injunction and liable to an aggrieved school for damages and legal fees.
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