September 23, 2005

Higher-Education Officials and Senate Aides Discuss Colleges' Relief Needs

By JEFFREY SELINGO

A broad coalition of higher-education lobbyists went to Capitol Hill last week to ask Senate aides to remember colleges when putting together a relief package for industries affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Among the multitude of items on the lobbyists' wish list: financial help for colleges that have accepted students displaced by the storm and a new aid program that would encourage students to enroll in the future at Gulf Coast institutions temporarily closed by Katrina.

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