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Higher Education Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement upon the United States Senate’s failure to agree on a permanent solution to remove politics from the student loan interest rate-setting equation and stop federal student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1. Read more »

Later today, the House will vote on legislation to ensure millions of student loan borrowers won’t see their rates double in July. Not only that, the bill will put in place a long-term solution that gets Washington out of the business of setting interest rates. The Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911) is a win-win for both students and taxpayers and it’s part of Republicans’ Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs. Read more »

The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Thursday approved the Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911). Introduced by John Kline (R-MN) and Virginia Foxx (R-NC), this bill would tie both subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford student loan rates to the 10-year Treasury note, plus 2.5 percent, and end the rate differentiation between the two types of loans. It would also tie PLUS loans for parents and graduate students to the 10-year Treasury note, plus 4.5 percent. (See the table below for what students and their families would pay under these proposals.) Read more »

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and chairwoman of the subcommittee criticized recent efforts by the Obama administration to improve transparency. For instance, she said, the administration’s new College Scorecard, which highlights key information about colleges and universities, has come under fire for using different methodologies to calculate data, “creating more confusion for students.” Read more »

U.S. House Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-5) talked education, Medicaid and the national budget during a brief meeting with the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce on Friday morning. Read more »

The letter to Secretary Duncan was signed by Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, the Republican chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce; Rep. Virginia E. Foxx of North Carolina, the Republican chair of the higher-education subcommittee; and Rep. Robert E. Andrews of New Jersey, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings of Florida, and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York, all Democrats. Read more »

Student-loan reform has emerged as one of the few bipartisan bridges in a budget battle marked by stark divides. After gaveling open a House hearing on federal student-aid programs Tuesday, Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., called President Obama’s student-loan reform plan “one bright spot” in his budget—a budget Foxx called “disappointing” last week. Read more »

"Will received the Congressional Award Program's Gold Medal for service in 2010, and it comes as no surprise,” said Mark Crescenzi, associate professor of political science and chair of UNC’s Truman Scholarship selection committee. “In his time at UNC, Will has worked for Congresswoman Virginia Foxx and recently interned with Phil Berger, President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate. His sustained dedication to public service and the University community makes him an excellent choice for the Truman Scholarship." Read more »

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a conservative Republican from North Carolina who has questioned some of President Obama's education priorities, will lead the higher-education subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 112th Congress, the congresswoman announced on Tuesday. Representative Foxx, a former community-college president and professor, said in a statement that she… Read more »