• Obtain federal funding for the College's programs.
• Lobbying on education legislation and issues of interest to the college, including higher education reauthorization.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Education

Spending: about $1,200,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Education - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Economic Development Administration, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), U.S. Senate,, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), State - Dept of (DOS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Y Y Department of Justice Department of Health and Human Services