{"id":3089,"date":"2015-03-27T11:05:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2015-03-27T11:05:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:05:35","slug":"senate-education-committee-chair-seeks-input","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/2015\/03\/27\/senate-education-committee-chair-seeks-input\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Education Committee Chair Seeks Input"},"content":{"rendered":"

BU IN DC<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Dean Sandro Galea <\/b>and faculty of the School of Public Health<\/b>\u00a0attended the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health’s annual meeting between March 22 and 25.<\/p>\n

School of Education Dean Hardin Coleman<\/b> and faculty members\u00a0Scott Solberg, Johanna Ennser-Kananen, Katherine Frankel, Gregg Harbaugh<\/b> and Melissa Holt<\/b> held an alumni event at the Sulgrave Club on March 26.<\/p>\n

Michelle Consalvo<\/b>\u00a0of\u00a0Government & Community Affairs<\/b>\u00a0attended the New England Council Annual Meeting on March 25 and 26.<\/p>\n

SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIR\u00a0SEEKS INPUT<\/b><\/p>\n

On Monday, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) released three white papers written by his staff in anticipation of renewing the Higher Education Act this year. Chairman Alexander is asking higher education stakeholders to provide feedback on three issues: the level of risk-sharing<\/b><\/span><\/a> expected of universities in relation to student borrowing, how to facilitate more transparency and flexibility in the\u00a0accreditation<\/b><\/span><\/a> process, and better methods for the federal government\u00a0to collect student data and consumer information<\/b><\/span><\/a>. Interested parties should submit comments by April 24.<\/p>\n

Submit comments<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

NIGMS RELEASES STRATEGIC PLAN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the National Institutes of Health released its strategic plan for 2015-2020 earlier this month, outlining the priorities and\u00a0initiatives that NIGMS plans to pursue over the next five years. The plan calls for more focus on investigator-led grants, strengthening and diversifying its research training programs, bolstering the development of research tools and infrastructure, and improving the “rigor, reproducibility, and transparency” of its biomedical research.<\/p>\n

R<\/b><\/a>ead the report<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

RESEARCH WORKSHOPS TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Office of the Vice President and Associate Provost for Research is hosting two workshops next week on the Charles River Campus.\u00a0On Monday, Building a Successful Research Program<\/i> will provide strategies and tips for early stage investigators making the leap to independent research. The\u00a0Working with Federal Agencies<\/i>\u00a0workshop on Wednesday will help faculty learn how to establish and maintain effective long-term partnerships with federal agency funders.<\/p>\n

RSVP to a workshop<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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