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Education: Summary

Proven, Substantive Education Lobbying

Carmen Group specializes in federal education lobbying to help schools of all levels gain federal support for pursuing nationally significant educational objectives. In more than 30 years of proven lobbying success for our clients, we have created and executed programs including promoting education for non-traditional students, establishing academic linkages with K-12 school systems, serving as a community economic development or education resource, developing vocational education programs and expanding capacity for innovation at educational interests. Carmen Group has been successful in advancing both “bricks and mortar” and programmatic federal funding. Our unique business process has increased our success ratio and sets us apart from other firms in terms of innovation, execution and accountability.

Carmen Group’s success on behalf of our higher education clients is built on our expertise in education policy, as well as our understanding and technical capabilities surrounding the federal authorization and appropriations processes. We have extensive experience working with senior officials with congressional oversight roles, U.S. Department of Education officials, congressional leadership, and the White House.

Record of Success for:

  • Accredited Universities
  • University Affiliated Hospitals and Hospital Systems
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  • Medical Schools
  • Pharmaceutical Schools
  • Community Colleges
  • Inner City Schools
  • Private High Schools
  • Religious Schools

Special Expertise:

  • Appropriations Bills
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  • Higher Education Act
  • Advisory Commissions/Boards
  • Emergency Responsiveness
  • Homeland Security
  • Graduate Medical Education Reimbursement
  • Private-Public Partnerships
  • Student Loan Programs
  • Research & Development Grants
  • Innovative Federal Funding Sources
  • Campus-Based Federal Resource Centers
  • Education Budget Priorities

Proven Record of Working Effectively with:

  • White House
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • U.S. Congress
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • U.S. Department of Labor