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Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextTo provide grants to encourage and enhance the study of modeling and simulation at institutions of higher education. 11/13/2007--Introduced. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a taskforce within the Department of Education to recommend improvements to the study of modeling and simulation, and identify the core capacities that students in such programs should acquire. Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for the enhancement of their existing modeling and simulation programs; and (2) grants to IHEs for the establishment of such programs. Requires grantees to raise, from nonfederal sources, an amount equal to 25% of their grants.
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Latest Action: 08/31/2008 - Cleared for White House. Bill TextTo amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 2/7/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize HEA programs. Title I: Title I Amendments - (Sec. 101) Revises the general definition of an institution of higher education (IHE) to include schools that: (1) admit students whose secondary education was conducted in a home school setting; (2) award degrees (not necessarily bachelor's degrees) that are acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional degree program; and (3) enroll students who will be dually or concurrently enrolled in a secondary school. Revises the definition of an IHE for purposes of title IV student assistance programs. Requires graduate medical schools located outside the country, that qualified as IHEs owing to their having a state-approved [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/06/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes. 12/6/2007--Introduced. Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to conduct and support research, evaluations, initiatives, and demonstration projects, and provide grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements, to enhance the deployment of medical simulation technologies and the incorporation of such technologies and equipment into medical, nursing, allied health, podiatric, osteopathic, and dental education and training protocols.Requires the Director to: (1) establish medical simulation centers of excellence; (2) promote innovation by conducting and supporting research on complex or challenging medical simulation and interdisciplinary simulation technologies [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/06/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes. 12/6/2007--Introduced. Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to conduct and support research, evaluations, initiatives, and demonstration projects, and provide grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements, to enhance the deployment of medical simulation technologies and the incorporation of such technologies and equipment into medical, nursing, allied health, podiatric, osteopathic, and dental education and training protocols.Requires the Director to: (1) establish medical simulation centers of excellence; (2) promote innovation by conducting and supporting research on complex or challenging medical simulation and interdisciplinary simulation technologies [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextTo provide grants to encourage and enhance the study of modeling and simulation at institutions of higher education. 11/13/2007--Introduced. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a taskforce within the Department of Education to recommend improvements to the study of modeling and simulation, and identify the core capacities that students in such programs should acquire. Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for the enhancement of their existing modeling and simulation programs; and (2) grants to IHEs for the establishment of such programs. Requires grantees to raise, from nonfederal sources, an amount equal to 25% of their grants.
Also tagged in: Accreditation (Education), Alaska, Armed forces, Asian American ethnic groups, Black colleges, Broadband, Budgets, Business, Closed caption television, College costs, College teachers, Colleges, Communications, Community and school, Community colleges, Compensatory education, Conflict of interests, Consumer education, Consumer protection, Consumers, Criminal justice, Data banks, Deaf, Debtor and creditor, Defense policy, Disabled, Disaster loans, Economic development, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational technology, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Engineering, English language, Environmental protection, Federal aid to education, Finance, Foreign policy, Government information, Government paperwork, Graduate education, Hawaiians, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Housing, Indian education, Indians, Indigenous peoples, Industry-university relations, International affairs, International education, Iraq compilation, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Language and languages, Leave of absence, Mathematics, Medical care, Medicine, Military housing, Minorities, Minority education, Natural resources, Nonprofit organizations, Nurses, Nursing education, Ombudsman, Pacific Islanders, Politics and government, Preschool education, Public defenders, Public prosecutors, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Scholarships, School buildings, School security, Science policy, Scientific education, Secondary education, Social services, Special education, Student employment, Student loan funds, Sustainable development, Teacher education, Technical education, Technology, Telecommunication, Veterans, Veterans' education, Vocational education, Welfare, Wireless communication, Women, Women's education
Latest Action: 08/31/2008 - Cleared for White House. Bill TextTo amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 2/7/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize HEA programs. Title I: Title I Amendments - (Sec. 101) Revises the general definition of an institution of higher education (IHE) to include schools that: (1) admit students whose secondary education was conducted in a home school setting; (2) award degrees (not necessarily bachelor's degrees) that are acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional degree program; and (3) enroll students who will be dually or concurrently enrolled in a secondary school. Revises the definition of an IHE for purposes of title IV student assistance programs. Requires graduate medical schools located outside the country, that qualified as IHEs owing to their having a state-approved [...] show full description
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