[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the cynic in me to help education labor and pensions will please come at order. Im usually on time, especially for an education hearing and excuse me for being late. This is the first in his his appearance as we finished our consideration of proposals to reauthorize the Higher Education act. Today we look at ways to simplify the free application for student aid, or fafsa, to make it easier for students to apply for federal Financial Aid. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce the witnesses, and after your testimony senators will have five minutes of questions. A lot going on today so senators may be coming and going because of the tax bill. Nearly four years ago, in a hearing before this committee, an unusual thing happened. For witnesses from diverse backgrounds agreed that almost all of the 108 questions on the free application for federal student aid, or fafsa, are
Marriage. Good day philadelphia at 5 00 a. M. Start right now. We will call it the scoop here at 5 00 a. M. Great to have you with us this thursday, im thomas drayton. Im karen hepp, thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate t we have the whole gang here, bob and sue getting you where you need to know. Good morning, thursday. Almost friday. Almost friday. The weekend, yes. And last day of the month. Just remember thursday, so i have my breakfast segment, going to breakfast in downs town, then go check out the Christmas Lights in south philly. Wait until you see this joint tonight. Un believable. And great time to put up the light. So warm, sue. Right. And i would get it done this weekend at the very latest. By the middle of next week, whole, whole different story. All my neighbors have the lawns decorated. I know, i just put the last of the thanksgiving stuff back in the basement. Sorry, neighbors. Oh, well, anyway, it is a nine out of ten today. Wont be as mild as yesterday on t
Delivery service in philadelphia, the option is for everyone to get in the holiday spirit with the least worry. Can i just say this, christmas for me has been saved. Because of the segment out on the patio here on fox. Purple and turquoise, right yes. You you can paint your tree , different colors. We need last minute gifts. We still have 20 days. I to have get teachers gifts now, is there people you have to go down the list. Jen has some ideas. So, you guys, probably follow lily vasquez on instagram like i do. You have noticed she has all these a nation outfits, guess what, she has launched a clothing line. In this hour you will see some of the looks, 99. 9 percent is less than hundred dollars, lot of it less than 50 bucks and it looks like this. Shes currently changing. We can talk about her behind her back. She always looks so good. She really does look good. So does that lobby of the ritz. Is that a great place to meet people. So much fun. Fancy. All right. Real quickly here. One o
Sec. Devos thank you so much and welcome everyone. It is great to see you all this morning. Todaysu for attending first of two summits on individually on innovation in education, and a special thanks to those who will present this morning. We are grateful to have so much knowledge and expertise in one room. We are eager to hear from all of the. Before we begin, i want to say a word about innovation. Barked on a am school tour i embarked on a school tour. Continue to travel the country to see the work being done, and i have been inspired by the innovative educators and administrators i have met. There is still not enough. We need more. The reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education, and washington, d. C. Does not have all the answers. Government is not the best at finding new solutions to tough problems. Government isnt the best at being flexible or adaptable to a changing environment. Government isnt the best at questioning the status quo
Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to be here. Were going to talk but never said marilyn University College which is a public Online University that is designed ago, design from the ground up to provide affordable accessible quality and relevant education for adult learners and especially for military learners. Into understanding i need to tell you the story. We were established in 1947 at the university of maryland as the department was charged with serving adult students, particularly those who were returning gis were born to. In 1949 we became we became the First University to send faculty overseas to teach our troops stationed in germany, this is beginning of umucs global reach. By 1956 we had established the patient to deliver Higher Education in both europe and asia, and in 1963 we became the first u. S. University to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. In 1970 we became an independent fully accredited university that is part of University System of maryland. Ove