This area reflects items of interest, Congressional testimony and announcements from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. All information is in reverse chronological order.

Statement by Sally L. Stroup, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, on Institutional Accreditation by Recognized Accrediting Agencies and the Problem of Diploma Mills, to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (May 12, 2004)

Statement by Assistant Secretary Sally Stroup on the Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request for Postsecondary Education Programs (April 1, 2004)

Statement of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education Sally L. Stroup on the Bush Administration's Proposal to Fully Fund the Federal Pell Grant Program (February 6, 2004)

Statement by Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education Sally L. Stroup on the problem of diploma mills that offer fraudulent degrees (January 15, 2004)

Statement by Assistant Secretary Sally Stroup on the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Request for Postsecondary Education Programs (March 19, 2003)

Statement of Assistant Secretary Sally Stroup on High School and Transition into the Workforce before the House Subcommittee on Labor/HHS/ED Appropriations (April 25, 2002)

Statement of Assistant Secretary Sally Stroup on Teacher Recruitment, Preparation and Development before the House Subcommittee on Labor/HHS/ED Appropriations (April 24, 2002)

A compilation of Dear Partner (Colleague) Letters from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education are available. These letters are related to Federal Student Aid policy issues such as Federal Pell Grant payment and disbursement schedules, completion of loan verification certificates by Direct Loan Servicing, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) consolidation loans for borrowers with both FFEL and non-FFEL loans, general guidance for helping Title IV participants affected by disaster, enactment of the "Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004," return of Title IV aid, and treatment of Coverdell accounts and 529 tuition plans.