Spring sows seeds of thought for students and their families planning for higher education costs.
Federal budget proposals closely monitored The budget proposals posed so far in the House, Senate, and by President Bush, are receiving close scrutiny from higher education industry representatives. President nominates assistant secretary for Educational Research and Improvement President Bush has announced plans to nominate Russ Whitehurst as Assistant Secretary of Education for Educational Research and Improvement. That improves on the 1999 average educational endowment return of 11 percent, and exceeds market indexes for the year that ended June 30, 2000.