Recent Episodes
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Audio: In a Washington Minute—The Year in Review, Higher-Ed Edition
The Chronicle looks at how colleges and students fared in Washington in 2010 and what's to come in 2011.
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Audio: In a Washington Minute—Race to the Finish
Lawmakers are rushing to complete work this week on a pair of spending and tax bills containing billions of dollars for students and colleges.
- Audio: In a Washington Minute—In Spending Debate, Peril for Pell Grants
- Audio: In a Washington Minute—Republican Lawmakers Push Back
- Audio: In a Washington Minute—A Post-Election Flurry of Tax, Spending, and Policy Action
- Audio: In a Washington Minute—Spending for Pell Grants and Research Is on the Line
- Audio: In a Washington Minute—The Midterm Elections and Higher Education
- In a Washington Minute—Obama Works to Re-engage Young Voters
- Audio: In a Washington Minute—Washington's Effect on For-Profits' Bottom Lines
- Audio: In a Washington Minute—What's Next for Community Colleges?
- Audio: In A Washington Minute—New Partisan Edge to For-Profit Debate
- Audio: For-Profits' Advertising Blitz
- Audio: In a Washington Minute—Democrats Make Last-Ditch Effort to Pass the Dream Act
- Audio: Continued Attacks on For-Profits
- Audio: Lawmakers Leave Town, With Much Work Left Undone
About In a Washington Minute
Kelly Field, The Chronicle's chief Washington reporter, and Sara Hebel, our politics editor, spend a minute (or so) each week discussing the key higher-education debates and behind-the-scenes maneuvering taking place in the nation's capital. Look for new episodes every Tuesday.
Government News
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EcoCar Competition Drives Student Employment, if Not Innovation
Teams from 15 universities are competing in the U.S. Department of Energy's latest Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions, now in their 25th year.
- Senate Leaders Urge Compromise as Impasse Continues on Student-Loan Interest Rate
Latest on Leadership & Governance
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Charles Reed Plans to Retire
As chancellor of the California State University system, he has worked to widen access and coped with severe budget cuts, winning both praise and criticism.
- A Fired President Lashes Out at Leaders of Pennsylvania System
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