Sentences with phrase «higher education lobbyists»

But creating an advisory body focused on eliminating government red tape — a tiny provision in a 996 - page bill to accelerate medical research that could become law next month — is no less important to maintaining the health of the research community than is the infusion of billions of dollars, higher education lobbyists say.

The deal announced on Tuesday comes after months of negotiations involving Cuomo, both houses of the Legislature, advocates and higher education lobbyists.

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Cuomo says he's tired of hearing the same «debate» over education that's occurred for the last twenty years, which he says focuses too much on what he calls «high priced» professional education lobbyists and the amount of money to be spent on schools.

A higher - education lobbyist who follows biomedical issues said shortly before the vote on Smith's bill that her organization wasn't even aware of the narrow definition of STEM fields, and another said her organization had taken no official position on the issue.

All of this has set the stage for education industry lobbyists to achieve an unprecedented expansion in for - profit elementary through high school education.

Under the banner of high - tech progress, corporate lobbyists have rammed through legislation privatizing K - 12 education across the country.

Earlier this month, the National Council of Higher Education Resources, a student loan industry lobbyist, sent letters to Congress about Obama - era rules.