Welcome!
At the heart of the most successful cities and metropolitan regions in the world are great universities. This is especially true in Washington where the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area represents the combined resources of the Capital region’s best academic institutions. Comprised of twelve universities and two colleges, our member institutions are public, private, federal, historically black, religious, secular, devoted to the deaf and hard of hearing, focused on women’s education, and devoted to the arts. Their student body sizes range from a few hundred to over 35,000. Both the USA Today and the Wall Street Journal agree—Washington is a college town!!
Events
July 22 5th Annual Postdoc Conference and Career Fair, Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center. To register: http://www.PostdocConference.org.
At the Corcoran: June 24 Screening of Chuck Close, a film about one of the world's leading contemporary painters at 7:00 p.m. The screening complements the exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, opening at the Corcoran on July 3. Also, on view at the Corcoran: Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, through July 18; American Fall: Phil Solomon, through July 18; American Bronzes, on view now; Sculpture from the Mouse House: The Olga Hirshhorn Collection.
September 10 Liz Lerman Dance Exchange multimedia performance about physics and the nature of beginnings, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
September 23 Official opening of American University's newest building - the School of International Service.
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News
Ah, the lazy, hazy days of summer. Campuses may be on summer recess but the Beat goes on. Check out the summer doings in this edition of the Campus Beat.
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On March 31, President Barack Obama signed the most far-reaching changes to the student loan program in 20 years. Added at the end of the negotiations on the massive health care bill, the provision of the student loan bill were less familiar to the public. Unlike the health bill, however, the student loan bill will be implemented immediately. By fall semester, all federal student loan programs facilitated by private banks for which the bank received fees from the government will be eliminated. Instead, the government will expand its direct lending program, a step designed to save the federal treasury $61 billion over 10 years. Thirty-six billion of the savings will be used to increase Pell grants for needy students to $5,975 by 2017. The bill also includes $13.5 billion allocation to cover a shortfall caused by a steep rise in the number of Americans enrolling in college and seeking financial aid during the recession.