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Wesley Whistle

  • Legislative Assistant, United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Forbes, Slate, Substack, The Hill, Inside Higher Ed, Lexington Herald-Leader, Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis, New America, RealClear Education
#HigherEd policy @NewAmerica. PhDing @universityofky. Formerly @usedgov appointee, @SenBobCasey, & higher ed admin. Kentuckian. My tweets/sass. He/him 🏳‍🌈
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Workforce Pell Is a State Data Policy

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By Wesley Whistle
| New America
When Congress created Workforce Pell, it didn’t just expand financial aid to short-term programs; it created an entirely new oversight and approval regime. This new regime puts states front and center of Workforce Pell implementation. That’s especially true when it comes to one important piece of this implementation puzzle: data. If states want to do this right and reap the program’s potential benefits, they need to be actively thinking about their data systems.
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Making Workforce Pell Work for Registered Apprenticeships

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By Wesley Whistle
| New America
Last month, the U.S. Department of Education held its negotiated rulemaking committee to establish the regulations for Workforce Pell. The committee reached consensus on the proposed regulatory text, and we should expect a proposed rule early this year. If there was one unmistakable takeaway from last month’s negotiated rulemaking committee, it is this: the Department clearly wants Workforce Pell to work for Registered Apprenticeships.
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Workforce Pell Negotiated Rulemaking: Day 1 Recap

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By Wesley Whistle
| Substack
Photo by Andy Feliciotti on Unsplash The Department of Education kicked off the first day of the AHEAD negotiated rulemaking session today. On the table: how to stand up Workforce Pell. While today mostly provided an overview of the Department’s proposed regulations, there were a few areas that surfaced as issues that will likely continue to be areas of negotiation. Below is a recap of the most important developments and the tensions shaping the policy debates.
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